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Indeholder "Preface and acknowledgements", "1. The Man Who Loved Fluids - Leonardo's Legacy", "2. Patterns Downstream - Order That Flows", "3. On a Roll - How Convection Shapes The World", "4. Riddle of the Dunes - When Grains Get Together", "5. Follow Your Neighbour - Flocks, Swarms and Crowds",
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Publication
OUP Oxford (2011), Paperback, 208 pages
Description
From the swirl of a wisp of smoke to eddies in rivers, and the huge persistent storm system that is the Great Spot on Jupiter, we see similar forms and patterns wherever there is flow - whether the movement of wind, water, sand, or flocks of birds. It is the complex dynamics of flow thatstructures our atmosphere, land, and oceans.Part of a trilogy of books exploring the science of patterns in nature by acclaimed science writer Philip Ball, this volume explores the elusive rules that govern flow - the science of chaotic behaviour.
Media reviews
In short, Ball is capable of making us gasp at worlds both tiny and huge. It's nice to know that life isn't all about entropy. As he says in Shapes: "Here, then, is a rejoinder to the accusation that a scientific attitude is prone to blunt our wonderment at the world."
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Nice, short, pop-sci intro to various types of flow, smooth to turbulent, fluids to traffic.
Language
Original language
English
Physical description
208 p.; 19.4 cm
ISBN
0199604878 / 9780199604876
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Trilogi: Shapes, Flow, Branches
Flow: Natures patterns: a tapestry in three parts
Omslag: David Freund
Omslaget viser strømmende vand med bobler i
Indskannet omslag - N650U - 150 dpi
Trilogi: Shapes, Flow, Branches
Flow: Natures patterns: a tapestry in three parts
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Pages
208
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