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Mysterious Patterns: Finding Fractals In Nature (2014)

by Sarah C. Campbell(Favorite Author)

3.92 of 5 Votes: 3

ISBN

1620916274 (ISBN13: 9781620916278)

languge

English

genre

Middle Grade & Children's

publisher

Boyds Mills Press

review 1: It is hard to believe that there wasn’t a name for the organic geometric shapes in nature until the mathematician Benoit Mandelbrot named them fractals in 1975. An unusual topic for a children's book, Mysterious Patterns gives a straightforward illustrated introduction to fractals. From broccoli to mountain ranges to lightning, the patterns in nature are clearly demonstrated making the concept easy to understand. Although I would like a resource list (I know resources accessible for young readers on this topic are rare), there is a short glossary, informative afterword, and an activity at the end.
review 2: I really liked the pacing of this book. The photos are fantastic and really help support the concept being presented. Readers are introduced to natural sh... moreapes by beginning with examples of perfect shapes and showing how nature mimics but doesn't necessarily produce the same result.Sentence level writing is perfect for the intended audience and introduces the names, theories, timelines etc that anyone new to this subject needs to know.Recommended for classroom use, especially in a math unit. Grades 4-6+. less

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