Fractals in Science
Published on 1. March 1995
Book
XVI, 300 pages
978-3-540-56221-4 (ISBN)
Description
The fractal concept has become an important tool for understanding irregular complex systems in various scientific disciplines. This book discusses in great detail fractals in biology, heterogeneous chemistry, polymers, and the earth sciences. Beginning with a general introduction to fractal geometry it continues with eight chapters on self-organized criticality, rough surfaces and interfaces, random walks, chemical reactions, and fractals in chemistry, biology, and medicine. A special chapter entitled "Computer Exploration of Fractals, Chaos, and Cooperativity" presents computer demonstrations of fractal models.
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Edition
1st ed. 1994. 2nd printing
Language
English
Place of publication
Heidelberg
Germany
Publishing group
Springer Berlin
Target group
College/higher education
Professional and scholarly
Illustrations
33
62 s/w Abbildungen, 33 farbige Abbildungen
120 illustrations, 5 tables
Dimensions
Height: 27 cm
Width: 19.3 cm
Weight
1200 gr
ISBN-13
978-3-540-56221-4 (9783540562214)
DOI
10.1007/978-3-662-11777-4
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Content
A Brief Introduction to Fractal Geometry.- Fractals and Self-Organized Criticality.- Fractals in Biology and Medicine: From DNA to the Heartbeat.- Self-Affine Interfaces.- A Primer of Random Walkology.- Polymers.- Kinetics and Spatial Organization of Competitive Reactions.- Fractal Analysis in Heterogeneous Chemistry.- Computer Exploration of Fractals, Chaos, and Cooperativity.