Fractals in Science

By Armin Bunde

Book Overview

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.

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 3540562214
• ISBN13: 9783540562214
• Release Date: May 1994
• Publisher: Springer
• Length: 298 Pages