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Flow. Nature's patterns, a tapestry in three parts

✍ Scribed by Ball Philip


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✦ Table of Contents


Contents
Preface and acknowledgements
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
Appendices
Bibliography
Index
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