New Releases by Pat Murphy

An inspired collaboration between an award-winning photographer and The Exploratorium, San Francisco''s renowned, hands-on museum, this book reveals--in stunning color photos of patterns in nature, and fascinating, always accessible scientific observations and explanations--the incredible beauty, symmetry, and diversity of nature''s designs.

Examines symmetry and patterns in nature, and theorizes, mathematically and geometrically, about each design pictured

Following the Plague that destroyed most the inhabitants of America, the City of San Fransiscoe remains populated by artists, hippies and the like. An army general is on a course to re-unite the once great America and San Fransisco is the city next in line on his agenda - but the artists resist, not by military confrontation - but by ''fighting with their art and creativity. The characters are so alive and energetic - the story is chilling. An original and fascinating story with a poetic and mythological feel. If you live in San Francisco you must read this. If you don''t live here it''ll make you wish you did.