Fractals in Science
By: edited by Armin Bunde, Shlomo Havlin
Contributors: Havlin, Shlomo
Publisher: Springer Berlin Heidelberg
Published: 1994
Place of publication: Berlin, Heidelberg
Language: eng
Format: [electronic resource] /
Number of pages: 300
ISBN-13: 9783662117798; 9783662117774
Subjects: Surfaces (Physics); Mathematical physics; Physics; Software engineering
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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