How heavy is that cloud? Why can you see farther in rain than in
fog? Why are the droplets on that spider web spaced apart so
evenly? If you have ever asked questions like these while outdoors,
and wondered how you might figure out the answers, this is a book
for you. An entertaining and informative collection of fascinating
puzzles from the natural world around us, "A Mathematical Nature
Walk" will delight anyone who loves nature or math or both.
John Adam presents ninety-six questions about many common
natural phenomena--and a few uncommon ones--and then shows how to
answer them using mostly basic mathematics. Can you weigh a pumpkin
just by carefully looking at it? Why can you see farther in rain
than in fog? What causes the variations in the colors of butterfly
wings, bird feathers, and oil slicks? And why are large haystacks
prone to spontaneous combustion? These are just a few of the
questions you'll find inside. Many of the problems are illustrated
with photos and drawings, and the book also has answers, a glossary
of terms, and a list of some of the patterns found in nature. About
a quarter of the questions can be answered with arithmetic, and
many of the rest require only precalculus. But regardless of math
background, readers will learn from the informal descriptions of
the problems and gain a new appreciation of the beauty of nature
and the mathematics that lies behind it.
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