Description
Book Synopsis
This volume of the
Encyclopedia of Complexity and Systems Science, Second Edition, focuses on current challenges in the field from materials and mechanics to applications of statistical and nonlinear physics in the life sciences.
Table of Contents
Statistical and Non-linear Physics: IntroductionComplex Systems and Emergent PhenomenaPolymer PhysicsChaotic Dynamics in Nonequilibrium Statistical MechanicsMonte Carlo Simulations in Statistical PhysicsNonlinear Fluid Flow, Pattern Formation, Mixing, and TurbulenceFluid Dynamics in CloudsCollective Transport and DepinningDisordered Elastic MediaPhysics of Jerky Motion in Slowly Driven Magnetic and Earthquake Fault SystemsFlexible mechanical structures and their topologically protected deformationsA Statistical Mechanics Perspective on Glasses and AgingStress Localization in Soft Particulate GelsNonlinear Mechanics of Colloidal Gels: Creep, Fatigue, and Shear-Induced YieldingStatistical physics of the yielding transitionGranular FlowsStatistical Mechanics of CloggingJamming of Granular MatterRigidity Percolation and Frictional JammingCell Biology: Networks , Regulation and PathwaysFluctuation Theorems, Brownian Motors and Thermodynamics of Small SystemsNeuronal DynamicsDense Active MatterUltracold Atomic Gases: Novel States of MatterQuantum ChaosNetworks: Structure and DynamicsCentralities in complex networksOptimization Problems and Algorithms from Computer ScienceStatistical Mechanics Approach to Econophysics
