In a flight of starlings : the wonder of complex systems
Parisi, Giorgio2024
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Place reservation for In a flight of starlings : the wonder of complex systemsCelebrated physicist Giorgio Parisi guides us through his unorthodox yet exhilarating work, starting with investigating the principles of physics by observing the flight of flocks of birds. Studying the movements of these communities, he has realized, proves an illuminating way into understanding complex systems of all kinds - collections of everything from atoms and planets to other animals, such as ourselves. Along the way, he reflects on the lessons he has taken from a life in pursuit of scientific truth: the importance of serendipity to the discovery of new ideas, the surprising kinship between physics and other disciplines, and the value of science to a thriving society. In so doing, he removes the practice of science from the confines of the laboratory and brings it into the real world.
Main title:
In a flight of starlings : the wonder of complex systems / Giorgio Parisi in collaboration with Anna Parisi ; translated by Simon Carne.
Imprint:
UK : Penguin Books, 2024.UK : Penguin Books, 2024.
Collation:
xi, 132 pages : illustrations (black and white) ; 20 cm
Notes:
Translated from the Italian."An Allen Lane book"--Back cover.This translation originally published: New York: Penguin Press, 2023.Includes bibliographical references and index.
Audience:
Specialized.
ISBN:
9781802060881 (pbk)
Dewey class:
003.7
Language:
EnglishItalian
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BRN:
2927275
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