Adventure Diffusion From Meandering Molecules to the Spreading of Plants, Humans, and Ideas /

• Κύριος συγγραφέας: Vogl, Gero (Συγγραφέας, http://id.loc.gov/vocabulary/relators/aut)
• Συγγραφή απο Οργανισμό/Αρχή: SpringerLink (Online service)
• Μορφή: Ηλεκτρονική πηγή Ηλ. βιβλίο
• Γλώσσα: English
• Έκδοση: Cham : Springer International Publishing : Imprint: Springer, 2019.
• Έκδοση: 1st ed. 2019.
• Θέματα: Statistical physics.; System theory.; Computational complexity.; Dynamical systems.; Social sciences-Data processing.; Social sciences-Computer programs.; Emigration and immigration.; Statistical Physics and Dynamical Systems.; Complex Systems.; Complexity.; Computational Social Sciences.; Migration.

This easy-to read book looks at the many ways in which diffusion bears on processes that involve dispersion, starting from the Brownian motion of molecules, covering the invasion of exotic plants, migration of populations, epidemics, and extending to the spreading of languages and ideas. Recently, t...

Πίνακας περιεχομένων:

• Laws of diffusion and how they were found by unconventionally acting and thinking scientists (Brownian motion, Fourier's theory of heat, Fick's laws, Einstein-Smoluchowski's random walk, Perrin's experiments)
• Invasion of exotic plants (chestnut leaf miner moth, ragweed)
• Wave of advance (Fisher, Luther)
• Neolithic migration (Eurasia, Americas)
• Spread of languages (Indo-European in the past, endangered languages of today)
• Spread of diseases
• Spread of innovations.