TY - BOOK ID - 7660774 TI - Critical phenomena in natural sciences. : Chaos, fractals, selforganization and disorder : concepts and tools. PY - 2000 SN - 3540674624 3662041766 366204174X PB - New York, NY ; Berlin : Springer-Verlag, DB - UniCat KW - Critical phenomena (Physics) KW - Critical phenomena (Physics). KW - Statistical physics. KW - Dynamical systems. KW - Game theory. KW - Earth sciences. KW - Complex Systems. KW - Game Theory, Economics, Social and Behav. Sciences. KW - Earth Sciences, general. KW - Statistical Physics and Dynamical Systems. KW - Geosciences KW - Environmental sciences KW - Physical sciences KW - Games, Theory of KW - Theory of games KW - Mathematical models KW - Mathematics KW - Dynamical systems KW - Kinetics KW - Mechanics, Analytic KW - Force and energy KW - Mechanics KW - Physics KW - Statics KW - Mathematical statistics KW - Statistical methods UR - https://www.unicat.be/uniCat?func=search&query=sysid:7660774 AB - Concepts, methods and techniques of statistical physics in the study of correlated, as well as uncorrelated, phenomena are being applied ever increasingly in the natural sciences, biology and economics in an attempt to understand and model the large variability and risks of phenomena. This is the first textbook written by a well-known expert that provides a modern up-to-date introduction for workers outside statistical physics. The emphasis of the book is on a clear understanding of concepts and methods, while it also provides the tools that can be of immediate use in applications. Although this book evolved out of a course for graduate students, it will be of great interest to researchers and engineers, as well as to post-docs in geophysics and meteorology. ER -