Catastrophes In Nature And Society: Mathematical Modeling Of Complex Systems

Inbunden, Engelska, 2007

AvRem G Khlebopros,Victor A Okhonin,Abram I Fet

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Many people are concerned about crises leading to disasters in nature, in social and economic life. The book offers a popular account of the causative mechanisms of critical states and breakdown in a broad range of natural and cultural systems — which obey the same laws — and thus makes the reader aware of the origin of catastrophic events and the ways to avoid and mitigate their negative consequences. The authors apply a single mathematical approach to investigate the revolt of cancer cells that destroy living organisms and population outbreaks that upset natural ecosystems, the balance between biosphere and global climate interfered lately by industry, the driving mechanisms of market and related economic and social phenomena, as well as the electoral system the proper use of which is an arduous accomplishment of democracy.

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Utgivningsdatum2007-02-15
Mått234 x 160 x 24 mm
Vikt598 g
FormatInbunden
SpråkEngelska
Antal sidor336
FörlagWorld Scientific Publishing Co Pte Ltd
ISBN9789812569172

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Environmental Microcatastrophes; Cancer as a Catastrophe in Organisms; Life and Atmosphere; Technosphere-Biosphere Interaction and Global Climate; Dynamics of Atmospheric Ozone; Closed Ecological Systems and Earth's Biosphere; Environmental Damage; Fining and Environment; Market; Marketing Dynamics; Labor Market and Capitalism; Unemployment Dynamics; Objects of Nature as Commodities; Long-Term Motivation; Democracy in the Light of Electoral Procedures.

"The book makes people aware of the pending emergencies and helps them join the constructive process of monitoring the history." Igor Vorontsov Russian Academy of Sciences, Moscow "A book about catastrophes may seem pessimistic. But the authors are looking into the mechanisms of disasters and thus make them avoidable." Professor Leo Levitin Boston University "Which chapter to read first? -- All are exciting." Dominique Proy Director, Earth Interactive Governance, Paris "This is an excellent guide to a scientific approach to catastrophes. It reports new original ideas presented with an incredible simplicity and accessible to general public." Professor Simon Shnoll Moscow University, Moscow "Catastrophes similar to those treated in this book are familiar to physicists as phase transitions in nonliving materials. Krasnoyarsk scientists ventured to explain and predict phase change in biological and social processes using their experience of studying complex systems in physics." Victor Bar'yahtar Ukraine National Academy of Sciences, Kiev "The book offers a new interpretation of economic crises prompted by comparison with population outbreaks. This is not a mere analogy but rather a modeling method to be used in planning and running industrial enterprises and solving environmental problems." Professor Dmitry Krass Toronto University "This is a really nice book with many fascinating points." Roberto Ceriani ICU Department of Humanitas-Gavazzeni, Bergamo