Wavelets in Physics

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Summary: Physics and wavelets.
Review: The subject of wavelets is intermingled with a variety of
more traditional areas of math, and with exciting applications to physics, to engineering and to science in general. Wavelets didn't start in isolation, and even now in its maturity, surprising and deep connections to other areas continue to enrich the subject. The book contains a number of readable
tutorials and survey articles by authorities in astro physics, in turbulence[the largest number of pages are set aside for turbulence], in Navier-Stokes equations, in plasma physics, in solid state and atomic physics, in thermodynamics, in the subject of atmospherical blocking, in atom-laser interaction, mixed in with the math of multi-scale analysis, fractals, in quantum chaos, and more...The individual articles are relatively selfcontained, and the book forms a well edited unity, despite the diversity of contents. The book further serves an important purpose: Without the help of this book, it would be hard for students to extract material from the specialized journal literature. The subjects are well explained, and they are all amenable to the kind of numerical methods where wavelet algorithms excel.