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A Mathematical Nature Walk

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Author(s): John A. Adam
Publisher: Princeton University Press
Year: 0

Language: English
Pages: 271
City: Princeton, New Jersey and Oxfordshire, UK

Contents (ix)......Page 6
Preface (xv)......Page 11
Introduction (1)......Page 17
At the beginning (11)......Page 27
In the "playground" (13)......Page 29
In the garden (24)......Page 40
In the neighbourhood (43)......Page 59
In the shadows (58)......Page 74
In the sky (64)......Page 80
In the nest (122)......Page 146
In (or on) the water (137)......Page 161
In the forest (168)......Page 192
In the national park (183)......Page 207
In the night sky (194)......Page 218
At the end ... (217)......Page 241
Appendix 1: A very short glossary of mathematical terms and functions (231)......Page 254
Appendix 2: Answers to questions 1 – 15 (234)......Page 257
Appendix 3: Newton's law of cooling (238)......Page 261
Appendix 4: More mathematical patterns in nature (240)......Page 263
References (243)......Page 265
Index (247)......Page 269