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Physics, nature and society a guide to order and complexity in our world Joaquín Marro
Springer Nature - Springer Physics and Astronomy (R0) eBooks 2014 English International Available online
View online- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Marro, Joaquín, 1945- author.
- Series:
- Frontiers collection 1612-3018
- The Frontiers Collection 1612-3018
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Physics--Popular works.
- Physics.
- Physics--Philosophy.
- Genre:
- Popular works
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource
- Place of Publication:
- Cham Springer 2014
- Language Note:
- English
- Summary:
- This wide-ranging and accessible book serves as a fascinating guide to the strategies and concepts that help us understand the boundaries between physics, on the one hand, and sociology, economics, and biology on the other. From cooperation and criticality to flock dynamics and fractals, the author addresses many of the topics belonging to the broad theme of complexity. He chooses excellent examples (requiring no prior mathematical knowledge) to illuminate these ideas and their implications. The lively style and clear description of the relevant models will appeal both to novices and those with an existing knowledge of the field
- Contents:
- A glance at the method
- The automata
- Chaotic and noisy
- Critical worlds
- Chance and necessity
- Size does not always matter
- Living things
- Interacting humans
- Epilogue
- Notes:
- Includes bibliographical references
- Online resource; title from PDF title page (SpringerLink, viewed November 18, 2013)
- Other Format:
- Printed edition:
- ISBN:
- 9783319020242
- 3319020242
- 3319020234
- 9783319020235
- OCLC:
- 867552770
- Access Restriction:
- Restricted for use by site license
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