Record details

• ISBN: 0691114293 (acid-free paper)
• ISBN: 9780691114293 (acid-free paper)
• Physical Description: xxii, 360 p. : ill. (some col.) ; 25 cm.
• Publisher: Princeton, N.J. : Princeton University Press, c2003.

Content descriptions

Bibliography, etc. Note:

Includes bibliographical references (p. [341]-355) and index.

Formatted Contents Note:

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?

Search for related items by subject

Subject:

Mathematical models.
Natuur.
Wiskundige modellen.