How Nature Works: the science of self-organized criticality

di Per Bak (Autore)

Springer-Verlag New York Inc., 1996

Self-organized criticality, the spontaneous development of systems to a critical state, is the first general theory of complex systems with a firm mathematical basis. This theory describes how many seemingly desperate aspects of the world, from stock market crashes to mass extinctions, avalanches to solar flares, all share a set of simple, easily described properties. "...a'must read'...Bak writes with such ease and lucidity, and his ideas are so intriguing...essential reading for those interested in complex systems...it will reward a sufficiently skeptical reader." -NATURE "...presents the theory (self-organized criticality) in a form easily absorbed by the non-mathematically inclined reader." -BOSTON BOOK REVIEW "I picture Bak as a kind of scientific musketeer; flamboyant, touchy, full of swagger and ready to join every fray... His book is written with panache. The style is brisk, the content stimulating. I recommend it as a bracing experience." -NEW SCIENTIST

• Autore: Per Bak
• Editore: Springer-Verlag New York Inc.
• Anno: 1996
• Rilegatura: Hardback
• Pagine: 212 p.
• Dimensioni: 235 x 155 mm
• Peso: 574 gr.
• EAN: 9780387947914

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