Physics, Nature and Society
Subtitle: A Guide to Order and Complexity in Our World
Publisher: Springer International Publishing AG
Published: 2013
Language: eng
Number of pages: 204
ISBN-13: 9783319020235
Subjects: Physics; Nature; Social sciences
Description: 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.