A mathematical nature walk

Main Author: Adam, John A.
Corporate Author: ebrary, Inc.
Format: Book
Language:English
Published: Princeton : Princeton University Press, c2009.
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Online Access:http://site.ebrary.com/lib/ucy/Doc?id=10496627
Table of Contents:
  • 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.