TY - BOOK ID - 93269849 TI - When things grow many : complexity, universality, and emergence in nature PY - 2022 SN - 9780198861881 0198861885 PB - Oxford : Oxford University Press, DB - UniCat KW - Statistical mechanics. KW - Statistical physics. KW - Entropy. KW - Ferromagnetism. KW - Mécanique statistique KW - Physique statistique KW - Entropie KW - Ferromagnétisme KW - Mécanique statistique KW - Ferromagnétisme UR - https://www.unicat.be/uniCat?func=search&query=sysid:93269849 AB - Aimed at advanced undergraduates and graduate students, the book is an accessible and engaging textbook introducing the theory of statistical mechanics, as well as its fascinating real-world applications. The book's original approach, which covers interdisciplinary applications of statistical mechanics to a wide range of subjects, including chemistry, biology, linguistics, economics, sociology and more, is bound to appeal to a wide audience.While the first part of the book introduces the various methods of statistical physics, including complexity, emergence, universality, self-organized criticality, power laws and other timely topics, the final sections focus on specific relevance of these methods to the social, biological and physical sciences. The mathematical content is woven throughout the book in the form of equations, as well as further background and explanations being provided in footnotes and appendices. ER -