Flow: Nature's Patterns: A Tapestry in Three Parts

Ball, Philip

ISBN 10: 0199237972 / ISBN 13: 9780199237975

Verlag: Oxford University Press, 2009

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Unmarked hardcover in unclipped jacket. 3/4 inch tear at lower front spine of dust jacket and a second tear 2 1/4 inches at lower leading edge. 4 short cuts across DJ's leading edges on both front and rear covers. Shadow of an erased mark on upper first title page.

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Bibliografische Details

• Titel: Flow: Nature's Patterns: A Tapestry in Three Parts
• Verlag: Oxford University Press
• Erscheinungsjahr: 2009
• Sprache: Englisch
• ISBN-10: 0199237972
• ISBN-13: 9780199237975
• Einband: hardcover
• Auflage: First printing.
• Zustand: Very GOOD
• Zustand des Schutzumschlags: ACCEPTABLE
• Verkäuferkataloge:
  • NATURE

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Inhaltsangabe

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 our atmosphere, land, and oceans. Part of a trilogy of books exploring the science of patterns in nature by acclaimed science writer Philip Ball, this volume explores the elusive rules that govern flow - the science of chaotic behaviour.

Über die Autorin bzw. den Autor

Philip Ball is a freelance writer and a consultant editor for Nature, where he previously worked as an editor for physical sciences. He is a regular commentator in the scientific and popular media on science and its interactions with art, history and culture. His ten books on scientific subjects include The Self-Made Tapestry: Pattern Formation in Nature, H2O: A Biography of Water, The Devil's Doctor: Paracelsus and the World of Renaissance Magic and Science, and Critical Mass: How One Thing Leads To Another, which won the 2005 Aventis Prize for Science Books. He was awarded the 2006 James T. Grady - James H. Stack award by the American Chemical Society for interpreting chemistry for the public. Philip studied chemistry at Oxford and holds a doctorate in physics from the University of Bristol.