Overview
- A well written and lively treatment of cross-disciplinary applications of physics
- Bursting with fascinating examples from natural and social systems
- Scientifically accurate but accessible to readers with no prior mathematical knowledge
Part of the book series: The Frontiers Collection (FRONTCOLL)
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Table of contents (8 chapters)
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About this book
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.
Reviews
From the book reviews:
“This book, part of ‘The Frontiers Collection’ series, is a perfect introductory guide to the complex behaviors occurring throughout the world. Marro (Univ. of Granada, Spain) writes in an engaging manner, providing clear discussions about topics such as social networks, living systems, altruism, financial investment, percolation, risk taking, avalanches, consciousness, etc., and their relationship to each other. … Summing Up: Recommended. All academic library collections.” (F. Potter, Choice, Vol. 51 (11), July, 2014)
Authors and Affiliations
About the author
Currently on the faculty of Granada University, Joaquin Marro earned a Ph.D. in theoretical physics (Barcelona, 1972) and a second one in computational physics (New York, 1975). He has authored or coauthored several books and near 200 research papers on statistical physics and on the creative use of computers, and has served in several international committees. He cofounded the Institute “Carlos I” for Theoretical and Computational Physics, and founded the biennial conference “Granada Seminar”.
Bibliographic Information
Book Title: Physics, Nature and Society
Book Subtitle: A Guide to Order and Complexity in Our World
Authors: Joaquín Marro
Series Title: The Frontiers Collection
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-02024-2
Publisher: Springer Cham
eBook Packages: Physics and Astronomy, Physics and Astronomy (R0)
Copyright Information: Springer International Publishing Switzerland 2014
Hardcover ISBN: 978-3-319-02023-5Published: 29 November 2013
Softcover ISBN: 978-3-319-34973-2Published: 23 August 2016
eBook ISBN: 978-3-319-02024-2Published: 19 November 2013
Series ISSN: 1612-3018
Series E-ISSN: 2197-6619
Edition Number: 1
Number of Pages: XII, 204
Number of Illustrations: 146 illustrations in colour
Topics: Complex Systems, Popular Science, general, Game Theory, Economics, Social and Behav. Sciences, Artificial Intelligence, Developmental Biology, Statistical Physics and Dynamical Systems