Complexity: Hierarchical Structures and Scaling in Physics

by Remo Badii and Antonio Politi

Book Overview

This is a comprehensive discussion of complexity as it arises in physical, chemical, and biological systems, as well as in mathematical models of nature. Common features of these apparently unrelated fields are emphasised and incorporated into a uniform mathematical description, with the support of a large number of detailed examples and illustrations. The quantitative study of complexity is a rapidly developing subject with special impact in the...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0521663857
• ISBN13: 9780521663854
• Release Date: August 1999
• Publisher: Cambridge University Press
• Length: 336 Pages
• Weight: 1.35 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.8" x 7.5" x 9.8"