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Flow
Nature's Patterns: A Tapestry in Three Parts
Science
Philip Ball
Oxford University Press 2009
Hardback 190 pages Illustrated 
0199237972 | 9780199237975 |  Product code: 86661  
In the second of his trilogy of books exploring nature's patterns, Philip Ball looks at how regular forms and arrangements arise from flow and motion. Beginning with Leonardo da Vinci's investigations into the movement and flow of water, Ball describes efforts to understand these seemingly simple yet scientifically very challenging phenomena. Discussing topics such as vortices, convection, sand dunes, flocks and swarms, he shows how the same physical and mathematical principles underlie the patterns of flow.
 
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