From Newton to Mandelbrot: A Primer in Theoretical Physics with Fractals for the Macintosh (R)

Stauffer, Dietrich And H. Eugene Stanley.

ISBN 10: 3540591915 / ISBN 13: 9783540591917

Editore: Springer Verlag, 1996

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Softcover. Includes "Macintosh Diskette" (floppy disk) in pouch on back cover interior, which appears unused. Text and photo plates clean and unmarked. Exlibrary: two stickers on cover, library stamps in a few spots on text, pouch on back flyleaf. Bottom corner of back cover bumped, with crease line. Edgewear to cover.

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• Titolo: From Newton to Mandelbrot: A Primer in Theoretical Physics with Fractals for the Macintosh (R)
• Editore: Springer Verlag
• Data di pubblicazione: 1996
• Lingua: Inglese
• ISBN 10: 3540591915
• ISBN 13: 9783540591917
• Rilegatura: Soft cover
• Edizione: 2nd Edition
• Condizione: Very Good

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Riassunto

From Newton to Mandelbrot takes the student on a tour of the most important landmarks of theoretical physics: classical, quantum, and statistical mechanics, relativity, electrodynamics, and, the most modern and exciting of all, the physics of fractals. The treatment is confined to the essentials of each area, and short computer programs, numerous problems, and beautiful color illustrations round off this unusual textbook. Ideally suited for a one-year course in theoretical physics it will also prove useful in preparing and revising for exams. This edition is corrected and includes a new appendix on elementary particle physics, answers to all short questions, and a diskette where a selection of executable programs exploring the fractal concept can be found.

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From Newton to Mandelbrot. A Primer in Theoretical Physics with Fractals for the Macintosh ( ) takes the student on a tour of the most important landmarks of theoretical physics: classical, quantum, and statistical mechanics, relativity, electrodynamics, and, the most modern and exciting of all, the physics of fractals. The treatment is confined to the essentials of each area, and short computer programs, numerous problems, and beautiful color illustrations round off this unusual textbook. Ideally suited for a one-year course in theoretical physics it will also prove useful in preparing and revising for exams. This edition is corrected and includes a new appendix on elementary particle physics, answers to all short questions, and a Macintosh diskette where a selection of executable programs exploring the fractal concept can be found. The Diskette The program FRACTAL DIMENSION can be used on any 68030-, 68040,- or PowerPC-based Macintosh with 4 Mb RAM and 256 color display running System 6.7 - 7.5 - Sierpinski gasket - Random walk - Self-avoiding walk - Percolation - Diffusion-limited aggregation (DLA) - Neuron shape