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How nature works: the science of self-organized criticality

By Per Bak

Book information

Publisher
Copernicus
Year
1996
ISBN
0387947914, 9780387947914
Open Library ID
OL23060501M
Language
english
Format
DJVU
Filesize
3 MB (3641520 bytes)
Series
Copernicus
Edition
1st
Pages
117\117
Topic
Physics
Library
Kolxo3
DPI
300
Scanned
landscape
Time added
2009-07-20 03:45:11
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Description

In print, at least, what might seem arrogant comes across as a kind of innocent, childlike enthusiasm, a lack of concern for anything but the sheer joy of figuring things out. His ruthless simplifications of geology, evolution, and neurology pay off because, as Bak notes, his models describe behavior that is common across these domains. This universality means that trampling across others' turf is not only acceptable, but almost mandatory, if the underlying principles are to be exposed. Finally, for the most part, Bak wants the reader to grasp the basic logic of his arguments; only rarely does he try to persuade with flights of poetic language or brute intellectual authority.

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