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Autore: | Ball Philip <1962-> |
Titolo: | Nature's patterns : a tapestry in three parts Flow / / Philip Ball |
Pubblicazione: | Oxford : , : Oxford University Press, , 2009 |
Descrizione fisica: | 1 online resource (190 pages) : illustrations |
Disciplina: | 500.201185 |
Soggetto topico: | Chaotic behavior in systems |
Pattern formation (Biology) | |
Pattern formation (Physical sciences) | |
Physical Sciences & Mathematics | |
Sciences - General | |
Note generali: | Description based upon print version of record. |
Nota di bibliografia: | Includes bibliographical references and index. |
Nota di contenuto: | The Man Who Loved Fluids: Leonardo's Legacy -- Patterns Downstream: Ordered Flows -- On a Roll: How Convection Shapes the World -- Riddle of the Dunes: When Grains Get Together -- Follow Your Neighbour: Flocks, Swarms and Crowds -- Into the Maelstrom: The Trouble With Turbulence. |
Sommario/riassunto: | 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 that structures 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. |
Titolo autorizzato: | Nature's patterns |
Formato: | Materiale a stampa |
Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
Lingua di pubblicazione: | Inglese |
Record Nr.: | 9910818661603321 |
Lo trovi qui: | Univ. Federico II |
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