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evlPanda

evlPanda

NSW

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evlPanda

NSW, 9207 posts

6 Nov 2009 4:04pm

Predicting weather through fractals

"Big whirls have little whirls that feed on their velocity,
and little whirls have lesser whirls,
and so on to viscosity"

www.newscientist.com/article/mg20427335-600-tomorrows-weather-cloudy-with-a-chance-of-fractals/?ignored=irrelevant

nebbian

nebbian

WA

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nebbian

WA, 6277 posts

6 Nov 2009 1:10pm

I think you'd enjoy this book (first time I came across the above quote)

www.angusrobertson.com.au/books/chaos-james-gleick/p/9780749386061

maxm

maxm

NSW

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maxm

NSW, 864 posts

6 Nov 2009 7:31pm

I thought the topic read "Big girls have little whirls".

Must've been wishful thinking.

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