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Adam, John A.. "Frontmatter". Mathematics in Nature: Modeling Patterns in the Natural World, Princeton: Princeton University Press, 2003, pp. i-vi. https://doi.org/10.1515/9781400841011.fm

Adam, J. (2003). Frontmatter. In Mathematics in Nature: Modeling Patterns in the Natural World (pp. i-vi). Princeton: Princeton University Press. https://doi.org/10.1515/9781400841011.fm

Adam, J. 2003. Frontmatter. Mathematics in Nature: Modeling Patterns in the Natural World. Princeton: Princeton University Press, pp. i-vi. https://doi.org/10.1515/9781400841011.fm

Adam, John A.. "Frontmatter" In Mathematics in Nature: Modeling Patterns in the Natural World, i-vi. Princeton: Princeton University Press, 2003. https://doi.org/10.1515/9781400841011.fm

Adam J. Frontmatter. In: Mathematics in Nature: Modeling Patterns in the Natural World. Princeton: Princeton University Press; 2003. p.i-vi. https://doi.org/10.1515/9781400841011.fm

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Frontmatter i
Contents vii
Preface xiii
Prologue. Why I Might Never Have Written This Book xx
Chapter One. The Confluence of Nature and Mathematical Modeling 1
Chapter Two. Estimation: The Power of Arithmetic in Solving Fermi Problems 17
Chapter Three. Shape, Size, and Similarity: The Problem of Scale 31
Chapter Four. Meteorological Optics I: Shadows, Crepuscular Rays, And Related Optical Phenomena 57
Chapter Five. Meteorological Optics II: A “Calculus I” Approach to Rainbows, Halos, and Glories 80
Chapter Six. Clouds, Sand Dunes, and Hurricanes 118
Chapter Seven. (Linear) Waves of All Kinds 139
Chapter Eight. Stability 173
Chapter Nine. Bores and Nonlinear Waves 194
Chapter Ten. The Fibonacci Sequence and the Golden Ratio (τ) 213
Chapter Eleven. Bees, Honeycombs, Bubbles, and Mud Cracks 231
Chapter Twelve. River Meanders, Branching Patterns, and Trees 254
Chapter Thirteen. Bird Flight 295
Chapter Fourteen. How Did the Leopard Get Its Spots? 309
Appendix Fractals: An Appetite Whetter. . . 336
Bibliography 340
Index 356

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Frontmatter i
Contents vii
Preface xiii
Prologue. Why I Might Never Have Written This Book xx
Chapter One. The Confluence of Nature and Mathematical Modeling 1
Chapter Two. Estimation: The Power of Arithmetic in Solving Fermi Problems 17
Chapter Three. Shape, Size, and Similarity: The Problem of Scale 31
Chapter Four. Meteorological Optics I: Shadows, Crepuscular Rays, And Related Optical Phenomena 57
Chapter Five. Meteorological Optics II: A “Calculus I” Approach to Rainbows, Halos, and Glories 80
Chapter Six. Clouds, Sand Dunes, and Hurricanes 118
Chapter Seven. (Linear) Waves of All Kinds 139
Chapter Eight. Stability 173
Chapter Nine. Bores and Nonlinear Waves 194
Chapter Ten. The Fibonacci Sequence and the Golden Ratio (τ) 213
Chapter Eleven. Bees, Honeycombs, Bubbles, and Mud Cracks 231
Chapter Twelve. River Meanders, Branching Patterns, and Trees 254
Chapter Thirteen. Bird Flight 295
Chapter Fourteen. How Did the Leopard Get Its Spots? 309
Appendix Fractals: An Appetite Whetter. . . 336
Bibliography 340
Index 356

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