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Phase Transitions.
Phase transitions--changes between different states of organization in a complex system--have long helped to explain physics concepts, such as why water freezes into a solid or boils to become a gas. How might phase transitions shed light on important problems in biological and ecological complex sy...
| Call Number: | Libro Electrónico |
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| Format: | Electronic eBook |
| Language: | Inglés |
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Princeton :
Princeton University Press,
2011.
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| Series: | Primers in complex systems.
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| Online Access: | Texto completo |
Table of Contents:
- Cover; Title; Copyright; Contents; Preface; 1. Phase Changes; 2. Stability and Instability; 3. Bifurcations and Catastrophes; 4. Percolation; 5. Random Graphs; 6. Life Origins; 7. Virus Dynamics; 8. Cell Structure; 9. Epidemic Spreading; 10. Gene Networks; 11. Cancer Dynamics; 12. Ecological Shifts; 13. Information and Traffic Jams; 14. Collective Intelligence; 15. Language; 16. Social Collapse; References; Index.