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  Flow: Nature's Patterns: a Tapestry in Three Parts (Nature's Patterns: a Tapestry in Three Parts) (Hardback) By (author) Philip Ball

  

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  Short Description for FlowPhilip Ball explores the elusive rules that govern flow in nature - from the swirl of a wisp of smoke and eddies in rivers, to the huge persistent storm that is the Great Spot on Jupiter. Whether the movement of wind, water, sand, or flocks of birds, he explains the science of the extraordinary forms and patterns that emerge.
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  • Publisher: Oxford University Press
  • Published: 03 August 2009
  • Format: Hardback 208 pages
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  • Categories: Cybernetics & Systems Theory | Popular Science | Natural History
  • ISBN 13: 9780199237975 ISBN 10: 0199237972
  • Sales rank: 150,404

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• 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.