A Random Walk in Physics Beyond Black Holes and Time-Travels /
This book offers an informal, easy-to-understand account of topics in modern physics and mathematics. The focus is, in particular, on statistical mechanics, soft matter, probability, chaos, complexity, and models, as well as their interplay. The book features 28 key entries and it is carefully struc...
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Other Authors / Creators: | Puglisi, Andrea. author. Vergni, Davide. author. Vulpiani, Angelo. author. |
Other Corporate Authors / Creators: | SpringerLink (Online service) |
Format: | Electronic eBook |
Language: | English |
Edition: | 1st ed. 2021. |
Imprint: | Cham : Springer International Publishing : Imprint: Springer, 2021. |
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Online Access: | Available in Springer Physics and Astronomy eBooks 2021 English/International. |
Table of Contents:
- Chapter 1 - Introduction
- Chapter 2 - Atoms, Irreversibility, Probability, Statistical Mechanics, Entropy
- Chapter 3 - Probability, Entropy, Chaos
- Chapter 4 - Chaos, Prediction
- Chapter 5 - Prediction, Turbulence, Models
- Chapter 6 - Models, Richardson
- Chapter 7 - Boltzmann, Statistical Mechanics, Brownian Motion
- Chapter 8 - Boltzmann, Atoms, Statistical Mechanics, Mesoscale Systems
- Chapter 9 - Prediction: Chaos, Poincaré, Richardson, Models, Big data
- Chapter 10 - Statistical Mechanics: Atoms, Boltzmann, Maxwell.