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Once described as the "fastest, hairiest, most lascivious, and most melancholy" of mammals, the hare was also believed to never close its eyes, occasionally grow horns, and have the ability to change its sex. More than just a speedy, but lazy, character in popular children's fables, the hare is remarkable for its actual behavior and the intriguing myths that have developed around it. Here, Simon Carnell examines how this animal has been described, symbolized, visually depicted, and sought for its fur, flesh, and exceptional speed. Carnell tracks the hare from

Hares. --- Hares in art.

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Quantum gravity --- Reality --- Space and time --- Matter

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The world is shaped by complexity. In this enlightening book, Nobel Prize winner Giorgio Parisi guides us through his unorthodox yet exhilarating work to show us how. It all starts with investigating the principles of physics by observing the sophisticated flight patterns of starlings. Studying the movements of these birds, he has realized, proves an illuminating way into understanding complex systems of all kinds - collections of everything from atoms to planets to other animals like ourselves. Along the way, the author reflects on the lessons he's taken from a life in pursuit of scientific truth : the importance of serendipity to the discovery of new ideas, the surprising kinship between physics and other fields of study and the value of science to a thriving society. In so doing, he removes the practice of science from the confines of the laboratory and into the real world. Complexity is all around us - from climate to finance to biology, it offers a unique way of finding order in chaos.

Physics --- System theory. --- Statistical physics. --- Quantum theory. --- Physique --- Systèmes complexes. --- Sciences de la complexité. --- Physique statistique. --- Théorie quantique. --- Philosophy. --- Philosophie.