How Nature Works: The Science of Self-Organized Criticality Bak PerPaperback
How Nature Works: The Science of Self-Organized Criticality Bak PerPaperback and acknowledgments Self-organized criticality is a new way of viewing nature. The aim of the science of self-organized…
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How Nature Works: The Science of Self-Organized Criticality Bak PerPaperback
and acknowledgments Self-organized criticality is a new way of viewing nature. The aim of the science of self-organized criticality is to yield insight into the fundamental question of why nature is complex, not simple, as the laws of physics imply. The basic picture is one where nature is perpetually out of balance, but organized in a poised state-the critical state-where anything can happen within well-defined statistical laws.
Fractal structure and catastrophic events are among those regularities. Self-organized criticality explains some ubiquitous patterns existing in nature that we view as complex. Applications range from the study of pulsars and black holes to earthquakes and the evolution of life.
One intriguing conse- quence of the theory is that catastrophes can occur for no reason whatsoever. Mass extinctions may take place without any external triggering mechanism such as a
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