A mathematical nature walk

Main Author: Adam
Format: Book
Language:English
Published: Princeton: Princeton University Press, 2009.
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300 |a xx, 248 p., [8] p. of plates:   |b ill. (some col.);   |c 25 cm. 
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504 0 0 |a Includes bibliographical references (p.[243]-246) and index 
505 0 0 |a Introduction -- At the beginning... -- In the "playground" -- In the garden -- In the neighborhood -- In the shadows -- In the sky -- In the nest -- In (or on) the water -- In the forest -- In the national park -- In the night sky -- At the end... -- Appendix 1: A very short glossary of mathematical terms and functions -- Appendix 2: Answers to questions 1-15 -- Appendix 3: Newton's law of cooling -- Appendix 4: More mathematical patterns in nature 
650 0 0 |a Mathematics in nature --   |x Miscellanea  
650 0 0 |a Mathematical analysis --   |x Miscellanea  
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