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Csermely, Peter |
Weak Links |
I08197 |
2009 |
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Taube, M |
Evolution of Matter and Energy on a Cosmic and Planetary Scale |
I05082 |
1985 |
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Fr??hlich, Herbert |
Biological Coherence and Response to External Stimuli |
I03340 |
1988 |
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| Title | Weak Links : The Universal Key to the Stability of Networks and Complex Systems |
| Author(s) | Csermely, Peter |
| Publication | Berlin, Heidelberg, Springer Berlin Heidelberg, 2009. |
| Description | XIX, 392 p : online resource |
| Abstract Note | How can our societies be stabilized in a crisis? Why can we enjoy and understand Shakespeare? Why are fruitflies uniform? How do omnivorous eating habits aid our survival? What makes the Mona Lisa???s smile beautiful? How do women keep our social structures intact? ??? Could there possibly be a single answer to all these questions? This book shows that the statement: "weak links stabilize complex systems" provides the key to understanding each of these intriguing puzzles, and many others too. The author (recipient of several distinguished science communication prizes) uses weak (low affinity, low probability) interactions as a thread to introduce a vast variety of networks from proteins to economics and ecosystems. Many people, from Nobel Laureates to high-school students have helped to make the book understandable to all interested readers. This unique book and the ideas it develops will have a significant impact on many, seemingly diverse, fields of study. A very personal, engaging, and unique book that will appeal to readers and get them thinking Steve Strogatz An adventurous, entertainingly eclectic and rich work both for experts and laymen L??szl??-Albert Barab??si This masterpiece should serve as an example of how science can be discussed Gy??rgy Buzs??ki Outstanding - I wish more books were written this way Daniel J. Bilar |
| ISBN,Price | 9783540311577 |
| Keyword(s) | 1. Biological and Medical Physics, Biophysics
2. BIOLOGICAL PHYSICS
3. BIOPHYSICS
4. COMPLEX SYSTEMS
5. DYNAMICAL SYSTEMS
6. EBOOK
7. EBOOK - SPRINGER
8. ENVIRONMENT
9. Environmental geology
10. Geoecology
11. Geoecology/Natural Processes
12. NATURE
13. Popular Science in Nature and Environment
14. Popular Science, general
15. Popular works
16. Proteomics
17. STATISTICAL PHYSICS
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| Title | Evolution of Matter and Energy on a Cosmic and Planetary Scale |
| Author(s) | Taube, M |
| Publication | Berlin, Heidelberg, Springer Berlin Heidelberg, 1985. |
| Description | XIV, 289 p : online resource |
| Abstract Note | My intention in this book is to describe in simple language, using a minimum of mathematics but a maximum of numerical values, the most important developments of science dealing with matter and energy on cosmic and global scales. In the conventional literature all of these findings are distributed among books and journals on physics, astronomy, chemistry, geology, biology, energy, engineering, and the environmental sciences. The main purpose here is to attempt to give a unified description of Nature from the elementary particles to the Universe as a whole. This is used as a basis for analysing the future development of mankind. The future evolution of the Universe, galaxies, stars, and planets gives some hope for the destiny of mankind. The problem of matter and energy flow on the Earth appears soluble even for the distant future. There seems to be no reason why a long period of human development on this planet should not be possible. The book has been prepared based on my lectures at the Warsaw University from 1959 to 1968 and during the 15 years 1969-1983 at the Swiss Federal Institute of Technology (Eidgenossische Technische Hochschule) in Zurich and at the University of Zurich. I wish to give my sincere thanks to the Swiss Federal Institute for Reactor Research at Wurenlingen for their constant support. I am especially grateful to Mrs. Christine Stratton for setting up the English text and to Mr. R.W. Stratton and LG. McKinley for their helpful criticisms and remarks |
| ISBN,Price | 9783642954535 |
| Keyword(s) | 1. EBOOK
2. EBOOK - SPRINGER
3. Environmental geology
4. Environmental Science and Engineering
5. ENVIRONMENTAL SCIENCES
6. Geoecology
7. Geoecology/Natural Processes
8. Nature conservation
9. PHYSICS
10. Physics, general
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