Complexity, Metastability And Nonextensivity - Proceedings Of The 31st Workshop Of The International School Of Solid State Physics

Download or read book Complexity, Metastability And Nonextensivity - Proceedings Of The 31st Workshop Of The International School Of Solid State Physics written by Constantino Tsallis and published by World Scientific. This book was released on 2005-09-23 with total page 427 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A broad introduction and overview of current interdisciplinary studies on complexity, this volume is an ideal starting point for scientists and graduate students who wish to enter the field. The book features a diverse collection of the latest research work not found in a single volume elsewhere.Among the highly regarded contributors to the volume are the 2004 Boltzmann medalists E G D Cohen and H E Stanley; G Parisi, Boltzmann medalist in 1992 and Dirac medalist in 1999; and numerous internationally renowned experts, such as S Abe, F T Arecchi, J-P Bouchaud, A Coniglio, W Ebeling, P Grigolini, R Mantegna, M Paczuski, A Robledo, L Pietronero, A Vespignani, and T Vicsek.