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Critical phenomena in natural sciences: chaos, fractals, selforganization, and disorder: concepts and tools

By Didier Sornette , D. Sornette

Book information

Publisher
Springer
Year
2000
ISBN
3540674624, 9783540674627
ISSN
0172-7389
Open Library ID
OL9063355M
Language
english
Format
DJVU
Filesize
5 MB (4944553 bytes)
Series
Springer series in synergetics
Edition
1
Pages
444\444
Library
Kolxo3
DPI
300
Time added
2009-07-20 03:45:11

Description

Concepts, methods and techniques of statistical physics in the study of correlated, as well as uncorrelated, phenomena are being applied ever increasingly in the natural sciences, biology and economics in an attempt to understand and model the large variability and risks of phenomena. The emphasis of the book is on a clear understanding of concepts and methods, while it also provides the tools that can be of immediate use in applications. The second edition is a significant expansion over the first one which meanwhile has become a standard reference in complex-system research and teaching. For example, probability concepts are presented more in-depth and the sections on Levy laws and the mechanisms for power laws have been greatly enlarged. Also, considerable material has been added to the chapter on renormalization-group ideas. Further improvements can be found in the applications to earthquake or rupture models. Although this book evolved out of a course for graduate students, it will be of great interest to researchers and engineers, as well as to post-docs in physics, ecophysics, geophysics and meteorology.

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