| Description |
xii, 204 pages : illustrations (some color) ; 25 cm |
| Contents |
1. Introduction -- 2. Two-dimensional soap-film patterns -- 3. Soap films and first- and second-order phase transitions -- 4. Soap-film models and catastrophe models -- 5. Film within a wedge - the catenoidal surface -- 6. Soap films within three-dimensional frameworks and minimal surfaces --7. Fermat's principle and refraction -- 8. Bubbles --9. Analogies within the scientific world -- App. A.I Construction of the models -- App. A.II Soap-film patterns by computer using Mathematica / John Tilley and David Lovett |
| Analysis |
Liquids Surface phenomena |
| Notes |
Includes index |
| Bibliography |
Bibliography: pages 192-195 |
| Subject |
Soap bubbles -- Study and teaching.
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Soap bubbles.
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| Author |
Tilley, John, Ph. D.
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| LC no. |
94030453 |
| ISBN |
0750302690 (paperback) |
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0750302704 |
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