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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Main Author: John A Adam
Format: Printed Book
Published: Hyderabad Universities Press 2005
Subjects:
Mathematical models. Natuur.
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