Minds-on Physics: Complex systems
Author: William J. Leonard
Publisher: Kendall Hunt
Published: 1999
Total Pages: 458
ISBN-13: 9780787254148
DOWNLOAD EBOOK →Author: William J. Leonard
Publisher: Kendall Hunt
Published: 1999
Total Pages: 458
ISBN-13: 9780787254148
DOWNLOAD EBOOK →Author: Klaus Mainzer
Publisher: Springer Science & Business Media
Published: 2013-03-09
Total Pages: 357
ISBN-13: 3662033054
DOWNLOAD EBOOK →Since the first edition sold out in less than a year, we now present the revised second edition of Mainzer's popular book. The theory of nonlinear complex systems has become a successful problem-solving approach in the natural sciences from laser physics, quantum chaos, and meteorology to computer simulations of cell growth in biology. It is now recognized that many of our social, ecological, and political problems are also of a global, complex, and nonlinear nature. And one of the most exciting contemporary topics is the idea that even the human mind is governed largely by the nonlinear dynamics of complex systems. In this wide-ranging but concise treatment, Prof. Mainzer discusses, in a nontechnical language, the common framework behind these endeavors. Emphasis is given to the evolution of new structures in natural and cultural systems and we see clearly how the new integrative approach can give insights not available from traditional reductionistic methods.
Author: William J. Leonard
Publisher: Kendall Hunt
Published: 2001
Total Pages: 260
ISBN-13: 9780787254131
DOWNLOAD EBOOK →Activities The MOP activities all have the same basic structure: Purpose and Expected OutcomeIn this section, we tell students the specific concepts, principles, and other ideas that will be raised and addressed during the activity. This section also tells students what they are expected to learn Prior Experience / Knowledge Needed first list for students the concepts and principles they should know or be familiar with before attempting the activity. Then, if necessary, we provide any additional background needed to do the activity Main Activity contains the specific questions and problems that probe students' understanding and prepare them to make sense out of the ideas Reflection Main Activity, students re-examine their answers to look for patterns. They are also asked to generalize, abstract, and relate concepts to the situations they have studied
Author: Klaus Mainzer
Publisher: Springer Science & Business Media
Published: 1997
Total Pages: 392
ISBN-13:
DOWNLOAD EBOOK →Author: Chandre Dharma-wardana
Publisher: World Scientific
Published: 2013-03-20
Total Pages: 518
ISBN-13: 9814425435
DOWNLOAD EBOOK →This is a highly interdisciplinary book straddling physics and complex systems such as living organisms. The presentation is from the perspective of physics, in a manner accessible to those interested in scientific knowledge integrated within its socio-cultural and philosophical backgrounds. Two key areas of human understanding, namely physics and conscious complex systems, are presented in simple language. An optional technical presentation is also given in parallel where it is needed.
Author: William J. Leonard
Publisher: Kendall Hunt
Published: 1999
Total Pages: 360
ISBN-13: 9780787239282
DOWNLOAD EBOOK →There is oneTeacher's Guide which corresponds with each Student Activities Book, and consists of two parts: Answers and InstructionalAids forTeachers, and Answer Sheets. The Answers and Instructional Aids for Teachers provides advice for how to optimize the effectiveness of the activities, as well as brief explanations and comments on each question in the student activites. The Answer Sheets may be duuplicated and distributed to students as desired. Use of the Answer Sheets is particularly recommended for activities requiring a lot of graphing or drawing.
Author: George Ellis
Publisher: Springer
Published: 2016-05-31
Total Pages: 502
ISBN-13: 366249809X
DOWNLOAD EBOOK →Physics underlies all complexity, including our own existence: how is this possible? How can our own lives emerge from interactions of electrons, protons, and neutrons? This book considers the interaction of physical and non-physical causation in complex systems such as living beings, and in particular in the human brain, relating this to the emergence of higher levels of complexity with real causal powers. In particular it explores the idea of top-down causation, which is the key effect allowing the emergence of true complexity and also enables the causal efficacy of non-physical entities, including the value of money, social conventions, and ethical choices.
Author: Klaus Mainzer
Publisher: Springer Science & Business Media
Published: 2013-03-09
Total Pages: 466
ISBN-13: 3662053640
DOWNLOAD EBOOK →This new edition also treats smart materials and artificial life. A new chapter on information and computational dynamics takes up many recent discussions in the community.
Author: Ihor Lubashevsky
Publisher: Springer
Published: 2017-02-12
Total Pages: 389
ISBN-13: 3319517066
DOWNLOAD EBOOK →This book tackles the challenging question which mathematical formalisms and possibly new physical notions should be developed for quantitatively describing human cognition and behavior, in addition to the ones already developed in the physical and cognitive sciences. Indeed, physics is widely used in modeling social systems, where, in particular, new branches of science such as sociophysics and econophysics have arisen. However, many if not most characteristic features of humans like willingness, emotions, memory, future prediction, and moral norms, to name but a few, are not yet properly reflected in the paradigms of physical thought and theory. The choice of a relevant formalism for modeling mental phenomena requires the comprehension of the general philosophical questions related to the mind-body problem. Plausible answers to these questions are investigated and reviewed, notions and concepts to be used or to be taken into account are developed and some challenging questions are posed as open problems. This text addresses theoretical physicists and neuroscientists modeling any systems and processes where human factors play a crucial role, philosophers interested in applying philosophical concepts to the construction of mathematical models, and the mathematically oriented psychologists and sociologists, whose research is fundamentally related to modeling mental processes.
Author: Yaneer Bar-yam
Publisher: CRC Press
Published: 2019-03-04
Total Pages: 866
ISBN-13: 0429717598
DOWNLOAD EBOOK →This book aims to develop models and modeling techniques that are useful when applied to all complex systems. It adopts both analytic tools and computer simulation. The book is intended for students and researchers with a variety of backgrounds.