From the swirl of a wisp of smoke to eddies in rivers, and the huge persistent storm system that is the Great Spot on Jupiter, we see similar forms and patterns wherever there is flow - whether the movement of wind, water, sand, or flocks of birds. It is the complex dynamics of flow that structures
Flow. Nature's patterns, a tapestry in three parts
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Contents
Preface and acknowledgements
1: The Man Who Loved Fluids: Leonardoβs 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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