Sailing the Ocean of Complexity
Lessons from the Physics-Biology Frontier
(Sprache: Englisch)
The book provides a non-specialist introduction to the reasons why we can make sense of the world around and within us, facing the oceans of complexity which inhabit both. The book provides a scientific and easily accessible description of some of the key...
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The book provides a non-specialist introduction to the reasons why we can make sense of the world around and within us, facing the oceans of complexity which inhabit both. The book provides a scientific and easily accessible description of some of the key physical mechanisms by which the wonderful gift of life materializes in the natural world.
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The book provides a non-specialist introduction to the reasons why we can make sense of the world around and within us, facing the oceans of complexity which inhabit both. The book provides a scientific and easily accessible description of some of the key physical mechanisms by which the wonderful gift of life materializes in the natural world.
Inhaltsverzeichnis zu „Sailing the Ocean of Complexity “
Preface; Part 1: COMPLEXITY; 1 Introducing Complexity; 2 The Guiding Barriers; 3 Competition and Cooperation; 4 Nonlinearity, The Mother of Complexity; 5 The Dark Side of Nonlinearity; 6 The Bright Side of Nonlinearity; 7 Networks, The Fabric of Complexity; Part 2: THE SCIENCE OF CHANGE; 8 Good Old Thermodynamics; 9 The Man Who Trusted Atoms; 10 Biological Escapes; 11 Cosmological Escapes; 12 Free Energy; Part 3: THE PHYSICS-BIOLOGY INTERFACE; 13 Survival in Molecular Hyperland, the Ozland Valleys; 14 Free Energy Funnels; 15 Soft Matter, The Stu that Dreams Are Made Of; 16 Water, the Wonderuid; Part 4: COMPLEXITY AND THE HUMAN CONDITION; 17 Time and the Complexity of the Human Condition; 18 Harness the Hybris: Hallelujah!; 19 Appendices; Epilogue; Acknowledgements; References
Autoren-Porträt von Sauro Succi
Sauro Succi, Senior Research Executive and Principal Investigator, La Sapienza, Italian Institute of Technology, Rome Sauro Succi graduated in Nuclear Engineering from the University of Bologna and holds a PhD in Physics from the Swiss Polytechnique Institute in Lausanne. He has been working at several Italian and European institutions, including the Max Planck Institute for Plasma Physics, EPFL, IBM Europe, The Italian National Research Council and lately the Italian Institute of Technology. He also held numerous teaching and research appointments in Europe and USA, particularly at Harvard University.
Bibliographische Angaben
- Autor: Sauro Succi
- 2022, 400 Seiten, 186 farbige Abbildungen, Maße: 15,6 x 23,8 cm, Gebunden, Englisch
- Verlag: Oxford University Press
- ISBN-10: 0192897896
- ISBN-13: 9780192897893
- Erscheinungsdatum: 09.06.2022
Sprache:
Englisch
Pressezitat
This book gives a nontechnical survey of complex systems, strongly emphasizing the connection of fundamental physics to biology. Starting with a very nice foundational discussion, the Succi goes on to look at the connection developed by Boltzmann between microscopic physics and macroscopic biology...the thoughtful reader will be rewarded. Choice
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