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Index
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air resistance
Alexander's dark band
amount: of air in the world; of water in the world
arctangent-exponential equation of growth
area of a surface
Argand diagram
atmospheric pressure distribution
azimuthal, conical, and cylindrical projection
Berghaus star projection
Bernoulli, Jakob
Bernoulli, Johann
bodies of the solar system
brachistochrone
calculus of variations
California population growth
cardioid
cartography
centrifugal force
circle and parabola
coalition (or hyperbolic) growth
Collatz (or 3N + 1 or Syracuse) problem
complex number
composite number
conic sections
cycloid
date of Doomsday
delta, Feigenbaum number
Descartes-Newtonian theory of the rainbow
Descartes, Rene
dimensional analysis
doubling time
e, base of natural logarithms
ellipsoid
equation of fluid statics
Euler, Leonhard
Euler's relationship
evaporation
exponential growth
Fermat number
Fermat, Pierre de
Fibonacci (Leonardo of Pisa)
Fibonacci numbers
flag of the United States, dimensions and colors
flags of various nations, dimensions and colors
fractals and chaos theory
frequency of oscillation
gamma, Euler's constant
Gauss, Carl Friedrich
general gas law
geometrical optics
geomorphology
global warming
gnomonic, stereographic, and orthographic projection
gravitational force
gravity-driven maglev transportation system
Great Pyramids of Egypt
hailstone number
Hele-shaw cell
hexagons and hexagrams
honeycombs and hexagons
honking bird
Huygens, Christiaan
hybrid corn adoption
hydrologie cycle
hyperbolic sine
hypsometric (or hypsographic) curve
ice age
ice production and melting
imaginary number
inflection point on a growth curve
Kepler, Johannes
kinetic energy of a raindrop
Koch snowflakes and fractals
law of cosines
law of gravitation
law of sines
laws of motion
Lambert azimuthal equal-area projection
Lambert, Johann Heinrich
laminar and potential flow analogies
least squares analysis
Leibniz, Gottfried
lemniscate
length of a curve
limitations to growth
linear pattern analysis
logarithmic integral
logarithmic spiral
loxodrome or rhumb line
Malthusian growth (geometric progression)
Malthus, Thomas
mechanical and electrical circuit analogies
melted ice caps and glaciers
Mercator, Gerardus
Mercator projection
modified coalition growth
mountain range design recipe
natural number of integer
nautical miles and knots
Nautilus sea shell
Newton, Isaac
optimum velocity
pentagons and pentagrams
perfect number
period of oscillation
phi, golden number or ratio or divine proportion
pi, ratio of circumference of circle and diameter
population crowding effects
population of the world
porosity of spheres
power of a rainfall
primary rainbow
prime number; fundamental theorem; largest known
pseudosphere
pursuit problem
rainfall and runoff
recurrence relationship
reflection and refraction
refractive index
river discharges
rivers: sources and mouths
secondary rainbow
simple harmonic motion
slices in higher-dimension space
slices: of licorice string; of pizza; of watermelon
Snell's law
Snell, Willebrord
snowflakes and hexagons
soap film and membrane analogies
spherical triangle
sporting balls: base, tennis, and golf
Steiner, Jakob
tertiary and quarternary rainbows
time of descent
total number of people who have lived
tractrix
trifolium
velocity of escape
velocity of a raindrop
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