Spirals and vortices : in culture, nature, and science /: in culture, nature, and science. ([2019])

• Record Type: Book
• Further Information: Note: Kinko Tsuji, Stefan C. Müller, editors.
• Other Names: Tsuji, Kinko; Müller, Stefan C
• Contents: Intro; Foreword; Preface; Contents; Contributors; Part I Spirals and Vortices in Our Universe; Cultural History; 1 Introduction; 2 Older than 5000 BC; 3 From 5000 to 2000 BC; 3.1 Megalithic Art in the Neolithic; 3.2 Malta Temples; 3.3 Scythian Gold; 3.4 Doguu, Japan; 4 From 2000 to 1 BC; 4.1 Celtic Art; 4.2 Egyptian Spirals; 4.3 Thai Pottery; 4.4 Phaistos Disc; 4.5 Maya Temple; 4.6 Nazca Lines and Cantalloc Aqueducts; 4.7 Stupa at Sanchi, Bhopal, India; 5 From 1 to 1600 AD; 5.1 Trajan's Column and Bernward's Column; 5.2 Nordic Symbols; 5.3 Buddha, Nara 5.4 Book of Gospels (Evangeliar), Quedlinburg5.5 Samarra; 5.6 Spiral Motives in the Medieval and the Renaissance Arts; References; Appearance in Nature; 1 Introduction; 2 From Big to Small in the Inanimate World; 2.1 Spiral Galaxy Hubble; 2.2 Aurora Aurora; 2.3 Spiral Formations on Mars; 2.4 Hurricanes and Tornadoes; 2.5 Air Flow and Turbulence Caused by Obstacles; 2.6 Crystal Growth on Surfaces; 2.7 Nanostructures; 3 Living Nature; 3.1 Seashells and Snails; 3.2 Ammonites; 3.3 Spiral Form in Our Fauna; 3.4 Leaf Arrangement (Phyllotaxis); 3.5 Lichen; 3.6 Deep Sea Corals and Spirogyra 3.7 Snail Clover and Leonardo's Flying Spiral3.8 Optical Sensors in the Eye of the Firefly; 3.9 Fish Vortex; References; The Arts and Beyond; 1 Introduction; 2 Painting; 2.1 Quiescent Spirals; 2.2 Starting to Move; 2.3 Stormy Spirals; 2.4 False Spirals; 3 Spirals in Japanese Culture; 4 Functional Spirals; 4.1 Musical Instruments; 4.2 Staircases, Springs and Screws; 4.3 Spirals in Data Storage; References; Part II Spirals and Vortices in Mathematics; Spirals, Their Types and Peculiarities; 1 Introduction; 2 Algebraic Spirals; 2.1 Archimedean Spiral; 2.2 Hyperbolic Spiral; 2.3 Parabolic Spiral 2.4 Fermat's Spiral2.5 Galilean Spiral; 2.6 The Lituus; 3 Pseudo-Spirals; 3.1 Logarithmic Spiral; 3.2 Golden Spiral; 3.3 Fibonacci Spiral; 3.4 Cornu Spiral; 3.5 Involute of a Circle; 4 Three-Dimensional Spirals; 4.1 Circular Helix; 4.2 Helicoid; 4.3 Conical Helix; 4.4 Loxodrome; 4.5 Archimedean Spiral on a Sphere; 5 Non-smooth Spirals; 6 Fractal Spirals; References; Acoustic Spirals: Analysis of Bach's Prelude in C Major; 1 Introduction; 2 Strategy for Analysis; 2.1 Phase Plot for Musical Notes; 2.2 Characteristics of This Musical Piece and Corresponding Treatments 2.3 Three-Dimensional Expression3 Numerical Calculations; 3.1 Analysis of Category (a) Notes: Sequence of 8 Semi Quiver Notes; 3.2 Analysis of Category (b) Notes: Half Notes; 3.3 Analysis of Category (c) Notes: Combination of the Two Lowest Notes; 3.4 Three-Dimensional Expression; 4 Concluding Remark; References; Part III Spirals and Vortices in Chemistry; Liesegang Rings, Spirals and Helices; 1 Introduction and History of Liesegang Structures; 2 Spirals and Helices; 3 Characteristics of Experimental Liesegang Systems; 4 Endeavour to Model Liesegang Systems; 5 Concluding Remarks; References
• Publisher Details: Cham, Switzerland : Springer
• Publication Date: 2019
• Extent: 1 online resource
• Subjects: 516.352; Spirals; Force and energy; MATHEMATICS / Geometry / General; Electronic books
• Languages: English
• ISBNs: 9783030057985; 3030057984
• Related ISBNs: 3030057976; 9783030057978
• Notes: Note: Includes bibliographical references and index.; Note: Description based on online resource; title from digital title page (viewed on May 03, 2019).
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