How Nature Works: the science of self-organized criticality
Author:   Per Bak
Publisher:   Springer-Verlag New York Inc.
Edition:   1st ed. 1996. 2nd printing 1999. Softcover reprint of the original 1st ed. 1996
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9780387987385


Pages:   212
Publication Date:   23 April 1999
Format:   Paperback
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"This text is intended for the general reader who is interested in science. The author is a physicist who is well known for his development of the property called ""self organized criticality"", a property or phenomenon that lies at the heart of large dynamical systems. It can be used to analyze systems that are complicated, and which are part of the new science of complexity. It is a unifying concept that can be used to study phenomena in fields as diverse as economics, astronomy, the earth sciences, and physics. The author discusses his discovery of self organized criticality, its relation to the world of classical physics computer simulations and experiments which aid scientists' understanding of the property and the relation of the subject to popular areas such as fractal geometry and power laws cellular automata, and a wide range of practical applications."

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Author:   Per Bak
Publisher:   Springer-Verlag New York Inc.
Imprint:   Copernicus Books
Edition:   1st ed. 1996. 2nd printing 1999. Softcover reprint of the original 1st ed. 1996
Dimensions:   Width: 15.50cm , Height: 1.90cm , Length: 23.50cm
Weight:   0.380kg
ISBN:  

9780387987385


ISBN 10:   038798738
Pages:   212
Publication Date:   23 April 1999
Audience:   General/trade ,  Professional and scholarly ,  General ,  Professional & Vocational
Format:   Paperback
Publisher's Status:   Active
Availability:   Awaiting stock   Availability explained
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Table of Contents

1 Complexity and Criticality.- 2 The Discovery of Self-Organized Criticality.- 3 The Sandpile Paradigm.- 4 Real Sandpiles and Landscape Formation.- 5 Earthquakes, Starquakes, and Solar Flares.- 6 The “Game of Life”: Complexity Is Criticality.- 7 Is Life a Self-Organized Critical Phenomenon?.- 8 Mass Extinctions and Punctuated Equilibria in a Simple Model of Evolution.- 9 Theory of the Punctuated Equilibrium Model.- 10 The Brain.- 11 On Economics and Traffic Jams.

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