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Nature's patterns : a tapestry in three parts. [2], [Flow] /
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...
| Clasificación: | Libro Electrónico |
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| Formato: | Electrónico eBook |
| Idioma: | Inglés |
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Oxford, UK :
Oxford University Press,
2009.
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| Acceso en línea: | Texto completo |
Tabla de Contenidos:
- Preface and acknowledgements; 1: The Man Who Loved Fluids: Leonardo's Legacy; 2: Patterns Downstream: Ordered 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; 6: Into the Maelstrom: The Trouble with Turbulence; Appendices; Bibliography; Index.