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Self-organized criticality, the spontaneous development of systems to a critical state, is the first general theory of complex systems with a firm mathematical basis. This theory describes how many seemingly desperate aspects of the world, from stock market crashes to mass extinctions, avalanches to solar flares, all share a set of simple, easily described properties."...a'must read'...Bak writes with such ease and lucidity, and his ideas are so intriguing...essential reading for those interested in complex systems...it will reward a sufficiently skeptical reader." -NATURE"...presents the theory (self-organized criticality) in a form easily absorbed by the non-mathematically inclined reader." -BOSTON BOOK REVIEW"I picture Bak as a kind of scientific musketeer; flamboyant, touchy, full of swagger and ready to join every fray... His book is written with panache. The style is brisk, the content stimulating. I recommend it as a bracing experience." -NEW SCIENTIST

Book details

• Full title: How Nature Works
• Subtitle: the science of self-organized criticality
• Author: Per Bak
• Language: English
• Binding: Hardback
• Number of pages: 212
• EAN: 9780387947914
• ISBN: 0387947914
• ID: 03612709
• Publisher: Springer-Verlag New York Inc.
• Weight: 512 g
• Dimensions: 164 × 243 × 20 mm
• Date of publishing: 01. June 1996

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