The physics of complex systems (new advances and perspectives) : Varenna on Lake Como, Villa Monastero, 1 - 11 July 2003 La fisica dei sistemi complessi (nuovi suiluppi e prospettive) : Varenna sul Lago di Como, Villa Monastero, 1 - 11 Luglio 2003

Author(s)

• Mallamace, F.
• Stanley, Harry Eugene
• Società italiana di fisica

Bibliographic Information

The physics of complex systems (new advances and perspectives) : Varenna on Lake Como, Villa Monastero, 1 - 11 July 2003 = La fisica dei sistemi complessi (nuovi suiluppi e prospettive) : Varenna sul Lago di Como, Villa Monastero, 1 - 11 Luglio 2003

edited by F. Mallamace and H.E. Stanley, directors of the Course = a cura di F. Mallamace e H.E. Stanley, direttori del Corso

（Rendiconti della Scuola internazionale di fisica "Enrico Fermi", Course 155）

Società Italiana di Fisica , IOS Press, 2004

• : IOS Press
• : SIF

Note

Second title page in Italian

Description and Table of Contents

Description

It is widely known that complex systems and complex materials comprise a major interdisciplinary scientific field that draws on mathematics, physics, chemistry, biology, and medicine as well as such social sciences as economics. The role of statistical physics in this new field has been expanding. Statistical physics has shown how phenomena and processes in different research areas that have long been assumed to be unrelated can have a common description. Through the application of statistical physics, methods developed for studying order phenomena in simple systems and processes have been generalized to more complex systems. The two conceptual pillars in this approach are scaling and universality. This volume focuses on recent advances and perspectives in the physics of complex systems and provides both an overview of the field and a more detailed examination of the new ideas and unsolved problems that are currently attracting the attention of researchers. This book should be a useful reference work for anyone interested in this area, whether beginning graduate student or advanced research professional. It provides up-to-date reviews on cutting-edge topics compiled by leading authorities and is designed to both broaden the reader's competence within their own field and encourage the exploration of new problems in related fields.

by "Nielsen BookData"

Details

• NCID: BA70745698
• ISBN:
  • 1586034456
  • 887438016X
• LCCN: 2004108559
• Country Code: ne
• Title Language Code: eng
• Text Language Code: eng
• Place of Publication: Bologna,Amsterdam
• Pages/Volumes: xxiii, 613 p.
• Size: 25 cm
• Parent Bibliography ID:
  • BA00144605