In Appreciation of Nature’s Wonderful Geometric Shapes: Natural Treasures of the World

SynopsisAwe inspiring geometrical shapes in Nature have been evolving since even before life began on earth.This book is an introduction to the fascinating geometrical shapes found everywhere in Nature. The story of the huge variety of these geometrical shapes and structures is mind blowing and extremely compelling. But, in today’s busy world, how many of us are aware of these incredible geometrical shapes, let alone take a moment to appreciate the bounty of Nature? How many of us are even aware of the fact that long before we learned about geometry in school, Nature had already created wonderful mosaic of extravagant geometrical shapes, since life stirred in ancient waters, billions of years ago? This book was created for young adults and adults to bring that awareness in all of us. Rekindle our love for Nature surrounding us and understanding its incredible geometrical treasures. The story of all the different types of geometrical shapes in Nature is extremely large. The aim of the book is to introduce majority of the topics in a concise yet enjoyable fashion. After all we don’t want to fall asleep while reading it, do we? The book initially covers few basics principles of geometry but these topics can be easily ignored without any problem. Next, many examples of enchanting geometrical shapes are discussed then moving on to the more advanced topics of Fibonacci Sequence, the Golden Ratio, The Golden Angle, the Golden Triangle and finally the daddy of them all unique shapes in Nature-The Fractals! Yet, all these discussions are carried out in an easy to understand language. True, there are few technical formulas thrown in for good measure as well in few cases. But, Hey, you can just toss them aside and read on- you will not miss anything, I assure you!To make the text easy to understand, many illustrations, paintings and photos have been included. Although the readers can easily skip the parts where technical parameters of geometry are discussed without losing continuity, it is strongly recommended that the readers go through them to gain additional insightful knowledge. But it is not a must by any means.There are 10 fun filled chapters in this book with a Preface at the beginning. Wherever appropriate, an informative “Did you know?” box is inserted in a page. In the end, Bibliography, Works cited and Further reading topics are inserted, includingAppendix A, B, C, D, E, F, G and H.