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Mathematics in Nature : Modeling patterns in the natural world
The confluence of nature and mathematical modeling -- Estimation : the power of arithmetic in solving Fermi problems -- Shape, size, and similarity : the problem of scale -- Meteorological optics I : shadows, crepuscular rays, and related optical phenomena -- Meteorological optics II : a "cal...
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| Format: | Printed Book |
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Hyderabad
Universities Press
2005
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| Summary: | The confluence of nature and mathematical modeling -- Estimation : the power of arithmetic in solving Fermi problems -- Shape, size, and similarity : the problem of scale -- Meteorological optics I : shadows, crepuscular rays, and related optical phenomena -- Meteorological optics II : a "calculus I" approach to rainbows, halos, and glories -- Clouds, sand dunes, and hurricanes -- (Linear) waves of all kinds -- Stability -- Bores and nonlinear waves -- The Fibonacci sequence and the golden ratio -- Bees, honeycombs, bubbles, and mud cracks -- River meanders, branching patterns, and trees -- Bird flight -- How did the leopard get its spots? |
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| Physical Description: | xxii, 360 pages |
| ISBN: | 9788173715082 |