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

• Main Author: Vogl, Gero (Author, http://id.loc.gov/vocabulary/relators/aut)
• Corporate Author: SpringerLink (Online service)
• Format: Electronic eBook
• Language: English
• Published: Cham : Springer International Publishing : Imprint: Springer, 2019.
• Edition: 1st ed. 2019.
• Subjects: 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...