Self-Organized Criticality: Emergent Complex Behavior in Physical and Biological Systems (Cambridge Lecture Notes in Physics)

✍ Scribed by Professor Henrik Jeldtoft Jensen

Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Year: 1998
Tongue: English
Leaves: 167
Series: Cambridge Lecture Notes in Physics
Category: Library

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✦ Synopsis

This book deserves 5 stars because it gives crystal-clear, precise, brutally honest and unbiased coverage of what "Self-Organized Criticality" is and what it is not. Don't waste your time reading Bak's book, read this one instead.

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