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100 1 _aMarro, Joaquín.
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245 1 0 _aPhysics, Nature and Society
_h[electronic resource] :
_bA Guide to Order and Complexity in Our World /
_cby Joaquín Marro.
264 1 _aCham :
_bSpringer International Publishing :
_bImprint: Springer,
_c2014.
300 _aXII, 204 p. 146 illus.
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490 1 _aThe Frontiers Collection,
_x1612-3018
505 0 _aA glance at the method -- The automata -- Chaotic and noisy -- Critical worlds -- Chance and necessity -- Size does not always matter -- Living things -- Interacting humans -- Epilogue.
520 _aThis 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.
650 0 _aPhysics.
650 0 _aArtificial intelligence.
650 0 _aDevelopmental biology.
650 0 _aMathematics.
650 1 4 _aPhysics.
650 2 4 _aStatistical Physics, Dynamical Systems and Complexity.
650 2 4 _aPopular Science in Mathematics/Computer Science/Natural Science/Technology.
650 2 4 _aGame Theory, Economics, Social and Behav. Sciences.
650 2 4 _aArtificial Intelligence (incl. Robotics).
650 2 4 _aDevelopmental Biology.
710 2 _aSpringerLink (Online service)
773 0 _tSpringer eBooks
776 0 8 _iPrinted edition:
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830 0 _aThe Frontiers Collection,
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856 4 0 _uhttp://dx.doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-02024-2
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