Physics, Nature and Society A Guide to Order and Complexity in Our World /

• Main Author: Marro, Joaquín (Author)
• Corporate Author: SpringerLink (Online service)
• Format: Electronic eBook
• Language: English
• Published: Cham : Springer International Publishing : Imprint: Springer, 2014.
• Series: The Frontiers Collection,
• Subjects: Physics.; Artificial intelligence.; Developmental biology.; Game theory.; Statistical physics.; Dynamical systems.; Popular works.; Statistical Physics, Dynamical Systems and Complexity.; Popular Science, general.; Game Theory, Economics, Social and Behav. Sciences.; Artificial Intelligence (incl. Robotics).; Developmental Biology.
• Physical Description: XII, 204 p. 146 illus. online resource.
• ISBN: 9783319020242
• ISSN: 1612-3018

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.