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Big whirls have little whirls...

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Created by evlPanda > 9 months ago, 6 Nov 2009
evlPanda
NSW, 9207 posts
6 Nov 2009 4:04PM
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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
WA, 6277 posts
6 Nov 2009 1:10PM
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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
NSW, 864 posts
6 Nov 2009 7:31PM
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I thought the topic read "Big girls have little whirls".

Must've been wishful thinking.



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