Soap Bubbles and The Indestructible Handkerchief

and The Indestructible Handkerchief

stochastic systems

Containing New Plans and Elevations of Houses

Superb introduction devotes almost half its pages to numerical methods for solving partial differential equations

Soap Bubbles and The Indestructible HandkerchiefAn excellent primer and the classic work on the topic of soap bubbles and films, this book employs simple experiments to establish a practical basis for the existence and function of surface tension and energy minimization. Dozens of experiments require nothing more than soap, straws, and bits of rubber, yet they impart profound and fundamental concepts relating to the science of fluids. Geared toward readers without much background in the subject,