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How Nature Works - the science of self-organized criticality (Hardcover, 1996 ed.): Per Bak

How Nature Works - the science of self-organized criticality (Hardcover, 1996 ed.)

Per Bak

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Self-organized criticality, the spontaneous development of systems to a critical state, is the first general theory of complex systems with a firm mathematical basis. This theory describes how many seemingly desperate aspects of the world, from stock market crashes to mass extinctions, avalanches to solar flares, all share a set of simple, easily described properties.
..".a'must read'...Bak writes with such ease and lucidity, and his ideas are so intriguing...essential reading for those interested in complex systems...it will reward a sufficiently skeptical reader." -NATURE
..".presents the theory (self-organized criticality) in a form easily absorbed by the non-mathematically inclined reader." -BOSTON BOOK REVIEW
"I picture Bak as a kind of scientific musketeer; flamboyant, touchy, full of swagger and ready to join every fray... His book is written with panache. The style is brisk, the content stimulating. I recommend it as a bracing experience." -NEW SCIENTIST

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Imprint: Copernicus Books
Country of origin: United States
Release date: August 1996
First published: June 1996
Authors: Per Bak
Dimensions: 241 x 164 x 24mm (L x W x T)
Format: Hardcover
Pages: 212
Edition: 1996 ed.
ISBN-13: 978-0-387-94791-4
Categories: Books > Science & Mathematics > Science: general issues > General
Books > Science & Mathematics > Biology, life sciences > General
Books > Science & Mathematics > Mathematics > Applied mathematics > Chaos theory
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LSN: 0-387-94791-4
Barcode: 9780387947914

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