Scale Invariance: From Phase Transitions to Turbulence

by Annick Lesne and Michel Lagues

Book Overview

Foreword by Pierre-Gilles de Gennes.- Introduction.- Change of State in Matter.- Fractal Geometry.- Universality as a Consequence of Scale Invariance.- Diffusion.- The Percolation Transition.- Scaling Concepts in Polymer Physics.- Superconducting Cuprates.- Growth Mechanisms and Interface Roughness.- Dynamical Systems, Chaos and Turbulence.- Self-Organized Critical Phenomena.- Scale Invariance in Biology.- Power and Limits of Scaling Approaches

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 3642151221
• ISBN13: 9783642151224
• Release Date: November 2011
• Publisher: Springer
• Length: 400 Pages
• Weight: 1.50 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.1" x 6.0" x 9.2"