The Nonlinear Universe Chaos, Emergence, Life /

• Main Author: Scott, Alwyn C. (Author)
• Corporate Author: SpringerLink (Online service)
• Format: Electronic eBook
• Language: English
• Published: Berlin, Heidelberg : Springer Berlin Heidelberg, 2007.
• Series: The Frontiers Collection,
• Subjects: Physics.; Biomathematics.; Statistical physics.; Dynamical systems.; Engineering.; Statistical Physics, Dynamical Systems and Complexity.; Theoretical, Mathematical and Computational Physics.; Engineering, general.; Mathematical and Computational Biology.

Written in Alwyn Scott’s inimitable style – lucid and accessible – The Nonlinear Universe surveys and explores the explosion of activity in nonlinear science that began in the 1970s and 1980s and continues today. The book explains the wide-ranging implications of nonlinear phenomena for future devel...

Table of Contents:

• Chaos
• Solitons
• Nerve Pulses and Reaction-Diffusion Systems
• The Unity of Nonlinear Science
• Physical Applications of Nonlinear Theory
• Nonlinear Biology
• Reductionism and Life
• Epilogue.