This book explores a variety of large‎-scale phenomena global warming‎,‎ ice ages‎,‎ water‎,‎ poverty and uses these case studies as a motivation to explore nonlinear dynamics‎,‎ power‎-law statistics‎,‎ and complex systems‎.‎ Although the detailed mathematical descriptions of these topics can be challenging‎,‎ the consequences of a system being nonlinear‎,‎ power‎-law‎,‎ or complex are in fact quite accessible‎.‎ This book blends a tutorial approach to the mathematical aspects of complex systems together with a complementary narrative on the global/ecological/societal implications of such systems‎.‎

• Category Type‎:‎ Ecology & Environments
• Author‎:‎ Paul Fieguth
• ISBN‎:‎ 9783319446059
• Binding‎:‎ Hardcover
• Book Language‎:‎ English
• Publisher‎:‎ Springer International Publishing AG
• Number of Pages‎:‎ 346
• Dimensions ‎(‎HxWxD‎)‎‎:‎ 23.5 x 15.5 x 2.1 cm
• Edition‎:‎ First
• Product weight‎:‎ 0.68 kg
• Publication Year‎:‎ 2016
• Book Origin‎:‎ Switzerland