Title Extreme Events in Nature and Society Author(s) Albeverio, Sergio;Jentsch, Volker;Kantz, Holger Publication Berlin, Heidelberg, Springer Berlin Heidelberg, 2006. Description XVI, 352 p. 122 illus., 7 illus. in color : online resource Abstract Note Significant, and usually unwelcome, surprises, such as floods, financial crisis, epileptic seizures, or material rupture, are the topics of Extreme Events in Nature and Society. The book, authored by foremost experts in these fields, reveals unifying and distinguishing features of extreme events, including problems of understanding and modelling their origin, spatial and temporal extension, and potential impact. The chapters converge towards the difficult problem of anticipation: forecasting the event and proposing measures to moderate or prevent it. Extreme Events in Nature and Society will interest not only specialists, but also the general reader eager to learn how the multifaceted field of extreme events can be viewed as a coherent whole ISBN,Price 9783540286110 Keyword(s) 1. Applications of Mathematics 2. APPLIED MATHEMATICS 3. COMPLEX SYSTEMS 4. DYNAMICAL SYSTEMS 5. EBOOK 6. EBOOK - SPRINGER 7. ECONOMIC THEORY 8. Economic Theory/Quantitative Economics/Mathematical Methods 9. ENGINEERING MATHEMATICS 10. ENVIRONMENTAL SCIENCES 11. Math. Appl. in Environmental Science 12. METEOROLOGY 13. PHYSICS 14. Physics, general 15. STATISTICAL PHYSICS Item Type eBook Multi-Media Links Please Click here for eBook Circulation Data Accession#   Call# Status Issued To Return Due On Physical Location I07750     On Shelf