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001455087 020__ $$a9783031237492$$q(electronic bk.)
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001455087 1001_ $$aRubin, Alan E.$$q(Alan Edward),$$d1953-$$eauthor.
001455087 24510 $$aSurface/volume :$$bhow geometry explains why grain elevators explode, hummingbirds hover, and asteroids are colder than ice /$$cAlan E. Rubin.
001455087 264_1 $$aCham, Switzerland :$$bSpringer,$$c2023.
001455087 300__ $$a1 online resource (xvii, 182 pages) :$$billustrations (some color)
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001455087 337__ $$acomputer$$bc$$2rdamedia
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001455087 504__ $$aIncludes bibliographical references and index.
001455087 5050_ $$aIntroduction -- A Truncated History of Geometry -- Middle School Math -- Asteroids, Moons, Planets, and Meteorites -- Geologic Processes -- Geometry of Life -- Biochemistry -- Chemical Reactions -- Ecology -- Manufacturing.
001455087 506__ $$aAccess limited to authorized users.
001455087 520__ $$aThis book explains that diffusion, osmosis, dissolution, evaporation, and heat loss all preferentially affect small bodies due to their high surface/volume ratios. Because surface area increases as the square of length, but volume (and mass) increase as the cube, large objects have low surface/volume ratios and small objects have high surface/volume ratios. This simple physical constraint governs much of the physical world. It accounts for why the Earth has active volcanoes, but the Moon does not, why the human brain has numerous folds, why deciduous trees lose their leaves every Fall, and why nanoparticles of gold melt at surprisingly low temperatures. It is a phenomenon well known to every scientist, but this book is the first comprehensive treatment of this effect.
001455087 588__ $$aOnline resource; title from PDF title page (SpringerLink, viewed March 6, 2023).
001455087 650_0 $$aSurfaces$$xAreas and volumes.
001455087 655_0 $$aElectronic books.
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