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Adam, John A.

Mathematics in nature = modeling patterns in the natural world /

紀錄類型:	書目-語言資料,印刷品 : Monograph/item
正題名/作者:	Mathematics in nature/ John A. Adam.
其他題名:	modeling patterns in the natural world /
作者:	Adam, John A.
出版者:	Princeton :Princeton University Press, : 2003.,
面頁冊數:	1 online resource (408 p.)
標題:	Mathematical models. -
電子資源:	http://www.jstor.org/stable/10.2307/j.ctt7rkcn
ISBN:	9781400841011 (electronic bk.)

Mathematics in nature = modeling patterns in the natural world /
Adam, John A.

Mathematics in naturemodeling patterns in the natural world /[electronic resource] :John A. Adam. - Princeton :Princeton University Press,2003. - 1 online resource (408 p.)

Cover; Contents; Preface; Prologue: Why I Might Never Have Written This Book; CHAPTER ONE: The Confluence of Nature and Mathematical Modeling; CHAPTER TWO: Estimation: The Power of Arithmetic in Solving Fermi Problems; CHAPTER THREE: Shape, Size, and Similarity: The Problem of Scale; CHAPTER FOUR: Meteorological Optics I: Shadows, Crepuscular Rays, and Related Optical Phenomena; CHAPTER FIVE: Meteorological Optics II: A "Calculus I" Approach to Rainbows, Halos, and Glories; CHAPTER SIX: Clouds, Sand Dunes, and Hurricanes; CHAPTER SEVEN: (Linear) Waves of All Kinds; CHAPTER EIGHT: Stability.

From rainbows, river meanders, and shadows to spider webs, honeycombs, and the markings on animal coats, the visible world is full of patterns that can be described mathematically. Examining such readily observable phenomena, this book introduces readers to the beauty of nature as revealed by mathematics and the beauty of mathematics as revealed in nature. Generously illustrated, written in an informal style, and replete with examples from everyday life, Mathematics in Nature is an excellent and undaunting introduction to the ideas and methods of mathematical modeling. It illustrates how mathem.

ISBN: 9781400841011 (electronic bk.)Subjects--Topical Terms:

527886
Mathematical models.

LC Class. No.: QA401 / .A27 2011

Dewey Class. No.: 511.8

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