Phase Transitions

by Ricard V. Solé

Phase transitions--changes between different states of organization in a complex system--have long helped to explain physics concepts, such as why water freezes into a solid or boils to become a gas. How might phase transitions shed light on important problems in biological and ecological complex systems? Exploring the origins and implications of sudden changes in nature and society, Phase Transitions examines different dynamical behaviors...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0691150753
• ISBN13: 9780691150758
• Release Date: August 2011
• Publisher: Princeton University Press
• Length: 240 Pages
• Weight: 0.74 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.7" x 5.4" x 8.4"