Fractals in the Natural Sciences / / ed. by D. J. Tildesley, R. C. Ball, M. Fleischmann.

• Superior document: Title is part of eBook package: De Gruyter Princeton Legacy Lib. eBook Package 1980-1999
• MitwirkendeR: Ball, R. C.,; Beoomhead, D. S.,; Blumen, A.,; Blunt, M. J.,; Bunker, B. C.,; Carr, J. G.,; Cole, M. W.,; Courtens, E.,; Hibbert, D. B.,; Jones, R.,; Klein, R.,; Köhler, G. H.,; Lenormand, R.,; Lin, M. Y.,; Lindsay, H. M.,; Mandelbrot, B. B.,; Meakin, P.,; Melrose, J. R.,; Obert, M.,; Pfeifer, P.,; Rarity, J. G.,; Schaefer, D. W.,; Seabrook, R. N.,; Spivack, O. Rath,; Stinchcombe, R. B.,; Tolman, Susan,; Vacher, R.,; Weitz, D. A.,; Wilcoxon, J. P.,
• HerausgeberIn: Ball, R. C.,; Fleischmann, M.,; Tildesley, D. J.,
• Place / Publishing House: Princeton, NJ : : Princeton University Press, , [2014]; ©1990
• Year of Publication: 2014
• Edition: Course Book
• Language: English
• Series: Princeton Legacy Library ; 1083
• Physical Description: 1 online resource (208 p.)

In the words of B. B. Mandelbrot's contribution to this important collection of original papers, fractal geometry is a "new geometric language, which is geared towards the study of diverse aspects of diverse objects, either mathematical or natural, that are not smooth, but rough and fragme...

Table of Contents

• Frontmatter
• Contents
• Fractal geometry: what is it, and what does it do ?
• Fractals, phase transitions and criticality
• Fractals and phase separation
• Experiments on the structure and vibrations of fractal solids
• Universality of fractal aggregates as probed by light scattering
• Light-scattering studies of aggregation
• Time-series analysis
• Diffusion-controlled growth
• Diffusion-limited aggregation
• Electrodeposition in support: concentration gradients, an ohmic model and the genesis of branching fractals
• Flow through porous media: limits of fractal patterns
• Fractal BET and FHH theories of adsorption: a comparative study
• Reactions in and on fractal media