Edawakare / Original Title: BRANCHES (Haya Kawa Bunko NF 463-Shizen Ga Tsukuridasu Utsukushi Pattern 3)

[Machine Translation] Following "Katachi" (Formation of Plants and Animals) and "Furukawa" (Flow), which focuses on the movement of particles that make up all things, this third volume in the series traces the laws of "branching" in the growth of things and events. What are the principles behind snow crystals, cracks in glass, rivers, leaf veins, road networks, and networks of human relationships? Modern science, including thermodynamics, random motion of particles, fractals, and graph theory, provides the answers. The epilogue completes the trilogy, summarizing the truth of the patterns woven by nature.

動植物の形態形成に迫る『かたち』、万物を構成する粒子の動きにフォーカスした『流れ』に続くシリーズ第3弾は、物や事象が成長するときの“分岐”の法則を追う。雪の結晶、ガラスの亀裂、河川、葉脈、道路網、そして人間関係のネットワークに潜む原理とは?熱力学、粒子のランダムな運動、フラクタルやグラフ理論など現代科学が目から鱗の答を導く。エピローグで自然が織りなすパターンの真理を一挙総括する3部作完結篇。