Evolution, Money, War, and Computers (Edition Suhrkamp) - Couverture souple

Oliveira, Suzana Moss De

 
9783519002796: Evolution, Money, War, and Computers (Edition Suhrkamp)
Couverture souple
ISBN 10 : 3519002795 ISBN 13 : 9783519002796
Editeur : B. G. Teubner Gmbh, 1999

Synopsis

Physics has always influenced other fields, from the mirrors of Archimedes which were supposed to ignite the sails of enemy warships, to the hydrogen bombs which could destroy Sao Paulo and Dusseldorf. More recently, (com- putational) statistical physics has been applied to biology, economics, world politics, etc. This book presents some examples in this direction to explain these methods. We do not claim to present a textbook of biology, or a so- lution of economic problems; we merely explain how physicists like us did it, in order to encourage others to try similar interdisciplinary work. The theo- ries presented here may not be the best ones for the problems but should be the ones closest to statistical physics methods. In most fields we give only the general idea to guide the reader to the original literature; for the Penna model of biological ageing we try to give a more complete overview, including computer programs, so that readers can start their own research immediately in this field. The selection of material follows our own experience, and even with these selected applications we would appreciate if readers would inform us about overlooked literature. We prove our ignorance, if we do not cite impor- tant papers. We thank many people, in particular M. Azbel, A. T. Bernardes, S. Dasgupta, S. Galam, H. J. Herrmann, N. Jan, H. Milbrodt, T. J. P. Penna, S. Solomon, D. Sornette, Y. C. Zhang and R.

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Éditeur
B. G. Teubner Gmbh
Date d'édition
1999
Langue
anglais
ISBN 10 
3519002795
ISBN 13 
9783519002796
Reliure
Broché
Nombre de pages
160
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