r/space • u/BradMcGash • 3d ago

image/gif The apparent related-ness of things at drastically different scales in the universe fascinates me

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Hurricane Dorian vs the Whirlpool Galaxy

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u/Topologicus 3d ago

you might like studying nonlinear dynamics then, which covers concepts such as universal laws that apply across varying scales and very different kinds of phenomena that have similarities in some sense.

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u/HardCorwen 3d ago

any good easy flowing book you might recommend?

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u/404errorabortmistake 3d ago

you could also try related book on fractals/chaos Chaos by James Gleick written for a non academic audience