Fractals for the Classroom breaks new ground as it brings an exciting branch of mathematics into the classroom. The book is a collection of independent chapters on the major concepts related to the science and mathematics of fractals. Written at the…
Fractals for the Classroom breaks new ground as it brings an exciting branch of mathematics into the classroom. The book is a collection of independent chapters on the major concepts related to the science and mathematics of fractals. Written at the…
This guide is designed to make fractals easy for computer enthusiasts to understand and enjoy, while giving them the practical know-how to create fractal images on their PCs. While Laplante uses simple formulas to demonstrate fractal theory, he aims…
Dit boek geeft in kort bestek een overzicht van het artistieke en meetkundige aspect van fractals, in het bijzonder het principe van de zelfgelijkvormigheid. Hier en daar wordt ook op de wiskundige achtergrond ingegaan. Met behulp daarvan is men in…
Oktober 2002. Iedereen in België volgt met ingehouden adem de vlucht van Frank De Winne naar het internationale ruimtevaartstation ISS. Gedurende tien dagen heeft ons land een tweede astronaut in de ruimte. Tegen een snelheid van 27.000 km per uur…
James Trefil's popular physics primer chronicles the evolution of atomic theory through the discoveries of such subatomic particles as the quark, the meson, the lepton, and more. An accessible guide for the general reader that reveals the mystery and…
This collection of essays and articles range across the author's many interests including theoretical physics, the origins of life, technological development, the bomb and nuclear politics.
Renowned science writers John and Mary Gribbin team up with one of the most historic scientific sites in the world—the Royal Observatory, Greenwich—to take readers on a stunning visual tour of the universe. This riveting journey moves from our home…
It's present everywhere but occupies no space. We can spend it, but we can't destroy it or even change it, and there's never any more or less of it. Everyone knows what it is and uses it every day, but no one has been able to define it.
It's time, of…