Philip 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, orflocks of birds, he explains the science of the extraordinary forms and patterns that emerge. INDICE: 1: The Man Who Loved Fluids: Leonardo's Legacy; 2: Patterns Downstream: Ordered Flows; 3: On a Roll: How Convection Shapes the World; 4: Riddle of the Dunes: When Grains Get Together; 5: Follow Your Neighbour: Flocks, Swarms and Crowds; 6: Into the Maelstrom: The Trouble With Turbulence; Bibliography
- ISBN: 978-0-19-960487-6
- Editorial: Oxford University
- Encuadernacion: Rústica
- Páginas: 208
- Fecha Publicación: 01/05/2011
- Nº Volúmenes: 1
- Idioma: Inglés