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beyond lhe rigour ol lhe srrriple Euelidean regu-
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larilies beloved ol leshnologisls and arehileels, lhm
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remains mosl (m alll ol narure Naluie imperleelly
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round, never llal or square, linear only liar mlanrlesunal
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disrariees, and slubbomly abnormal. Nalure llowing
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mwling, (lying weeping, and in apparenl duaniy.
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Nalure beyond pnclse measuremenl, and
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romprehenslble only as serisalion and syslem
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Nalhlngwemnolaserve is regular, p-my because we
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ourselves are unperleel observers We lell lorruiies lor
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w llieml on llie wrirhing ol enrrails or ralnode ray
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graphias, on lhe xiflm ol dise or bans, or an ai-iays
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ol mum. Are lhe readings ol lea leaves any less
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reliable lhan lhe pruieelions ol pollslersl Regular
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rhings are rhose lew lhal are meehaniral iir shaped
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lleiriporarilyl by our own rem-med wmld view, llaey
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soon bemnie irregular as rime erodes lllei-ri Trulh, lrlie
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lhe worldrlianges in response lomlormanon
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There are ar leasl lhese wonhwliile rashs lo allempr
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l. A MollE GENERAL PATTERN UNDERs
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STANDING, bolli as anemprs al loi-rmrig more gmwnl
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pallern models, and as exnmpks ol rialural
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phenomena lrial demanslrale such models
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2 A UNKING DISCXPUNE lhal equally apples lo
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geography, geology, rriusie, irl, asrronomy, parliele
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physics, eeonamus, physiology, and reelinology Thls
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linhing discipirie wnuld a ly lo eonse us design
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irsell and m lhe inlormalian lluw and rransler
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praeesses |hil underlie all our diseiplrnes. Such a
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unilying roneepl has greal relevanre lo eduealirm, al
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every level lioin primary lo posl—graduale disciplines
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3 GUIDES lo PATFERN APPLICATION, some ex-
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arriples of how applied palleming Ichuves our desired
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ends iii everyday lile, where role learnrng, lirlear
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llurlllirig or Eudldull geoialelry have all lailed lo aid
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ur in lorinularlng suslamable selllenlenls lr is iii lhe
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appliealiorl el harmonie pallems lhal we derrionslrale
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uurcomprellension ol lhe mearurig ol naruie and hle
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mere have been many books all me subieel ol sym-
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bols, palrerris, growlh, lurni, delormalion, and
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symmelry The aulhors ullen abandon llle (XHEIW
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shorl ol devising general models, or rusl as a salis»
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l-Iclory mirhemarieal soluliun is evolved lor one or
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more pallei-ils, and almosl always beloae allempririg la
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eieale applied illuslralionsol how rheirellons assisl us
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in practical lire allairs, Some are merely eoribenl lo lisl
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mmplesi or lo mahe eaialogues ol phenomenaoahers
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prelend lhal meanings lie in pallern or number
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alone—dial panems are symbols ol arcane knowledge.
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and lhey asserl lhal only an unqueslloned belrel
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unloeld lhair powers
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The simple pailern models ligured herein are in-
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lended id be a uselul adluriel lo designers and
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eduealois They also illuslrale how we can pomay our
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lrurilririg aboul lire, landscapes, and lhe rorrirriunaliry
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lhal rs niluie learning a niasler pallem is very like
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learning a pi-ineiple. ir may be apphcabk over a wide
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range at phenomena, some eompler and some simple
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As an abslraelioii, ll assisls us lo gain meaning lilim
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llle and laridseape and lo comprehend allied
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p’wflomtna.
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One ean spend endless hours seeking lurlher
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reirnlilir, mysrieal, or bopologieal insighls mlo pallem.
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'nle proeess is addieliye, and I am as unwilling lo
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abandon llilseliaprer as lwas lo slarl ll, bull Ims| iliaa
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olhers, beller equipped, Will expand and lurlher
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exphin rlie basie eoneepls i believe rhal ii is in
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sophisliealed palrern appllcallon lhal lhe lulure or
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design lies, and where many solulions lo innaelable
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problems may be lound
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We have a good grasp on lhe behaviours ol pallerri
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iri iialural phenomena il we can explain lhe smmm
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mings lin lernis ol lheir general pailerli olilhnrsl; llie
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nelworlrs and BRANCH|NG ol lriburaries lgalhering
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llowsl and dislribularies ldispersal ilowsl, llle
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mums and flow regulanori wllhm olganlsms or |M
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elerrieiils oi wind, waler, and magma, and illuniinale
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how SCATTERED PHENOMENA aiase
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rurllier, ll WAVE phenomena and sulEllMust
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are rurilained wilhin our pallern analysrs, as real
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waves or as liirie pulses, rhese and lheir reliaelioo and
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rnrerlerence pallerris lurm anolher sel or pallern
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generalors, responsible lm roasls, elouds, winds, and
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lurbuleril or sl-reamlined liuw And, il we can sliow
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how lhe pallerri ourhnes ol landscapes, slelelal pails,
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or New phenomena lil logelher as MATRICES
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(lmulodung selsl. or arise lrorn sueh malrlees leg.
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whrrlwinds lmm lheianal eellsl, lheri we ean generale
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whole landkape syslrnis or eomplele organisms lrom
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a mosdk al sueh pallerns
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ln nirure, eyenls an ordered or spared in dlscme
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unrls There are smaller and larger orders ol evenls,
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and ilwe arrange like loriris iii lheirardrrs, we Will lind
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chislees ril measures ar cerlain sires, volumes, lengllas,
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or other drrnerisioris. This is lrue lor river branehes,
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sooal easles. aelrlerrlenl sire. marsupials ol lhe same
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loriri and arrays ol dunes, planels, or galaxies,
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in llle folluwlng pages, l W)“ lry lo irirlude all lhis
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and lo derive il lroiri lhe basis ol a single simple
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model lrigure ml, which, underslood in all ils pans,
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has eaeh ol lhese phenomena, and a gieal many more
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sublle inleienles, williiri il Nor all, or even rriany, ol
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lnese shapes, symbols, syrrimelries, sealleis, or lorms
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will be mdivlduflly descnbed or hguied here. bul lhe
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bask parlerrl pails be lanelly described and relaled
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lo eaeh olher The basir model ilsell is derived harm a
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'scd rree lorin
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We should nol ronluse lhe comprehension oi mm
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wuh lhe knowledge 0! SUMANCEi llle map is rim
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Lhe lemmry‘ibnl an underslariding ol iorrn glves us a
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beller comprehension ol luneliori. and suggesls
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appropnale slralegies lor design
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A GENERAL PATTERN MODEL
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OF EVENTS
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When we look abuur us in me world, we see me hills,
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