Spatio-Temporal Patterns in Nonequilibrium Complex Systems - NATO Advanced Research Workshop Proceedings of the NATO Advanced Research Workshop on Spatio-Temporal Patterns in Nonequilibrium Complex Systems, Held April 13-17, 1993, in Santa Fe, NM |
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| Author:
| Cladis, P. E.
Palffy-muhoray, Peter |
| Series title: | Santa Fe Institute Studies in the Sciences of Complexity, Proceedings Ser. |
| ISBN: | 978-0-201-40987-1 |
| Publication Date: | Jan 1995 |
| Publisher: | Avalon Publishing
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| Imprint: | Westview Press |
| Book Format: | Paperback |
| List Price: | AUD $113.00 |
Book Description:
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Complex systems, as studied in this book, are a good first step toward a description of the variety of phenomena included under the rubric "physics of complex systems.” Even the simplest of those presented here, liquid crystals, is still complex, but provides hints of essential ingredients needed to forge a fundamental understanding of nonequilibrium, nonlinear processes in the large. Fluid dynamics and turbulence, interface motion during solidification, autocatalytic...
More DescriptionComplex systems, as studied in this book, are a good first step toward a description of the variety of phenomena included under the rubric "physics of complex systems.” Even the simplest of those presented here, liquid crystals, is still complex, but provides hints of essential ingredients needed to forge a fundamental understanding of nonequilibrium, nonlinear processes in the large. Fluid dynamics and turbulence, interface motion during solidification, autocatalytic chemical reactions, and pattern formation in biological systems play similar roles in other systems far from equilibrium.