Diffusive Spreading in Nature, Technology and Society
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Beschreibung
What do the movements of molecules and the migration of humans have in common? How does the functionality of our brain tissue resemble the flow of traffic in New York City? How can understanding the spread of ideas, rumors, and languages help us tackle the spread a pandemic? This book provides an illuminating look into these seemingly disparate topics by exploring and expertly communicating the fundamental laws that govern the spreading and diffusion of objects. A collection of leading scientists in disciplines as diverse as epidemiology, linguistics, mathematics, and physics discuss various spreading phenomena relevant to their own fields, revealing astonishing similarities and correlations between the objects of study—be they people, particles, or pandemics.
This updated and expanded second edition of an award-winning book introduces timely coverage of a subject with the greatest societal impact in recent memory—the global fight against COVID-19. Winner of the 2019Literature Prize of the German Chemical Industry Fund, this book targets an interdisciplinary readership, featuring an introductory chapter that sets the stage for the topics discussed throughout. Each chapter provides ample opportunity to whet the appetite of those readers seeking a more in-depth treatment, making the book also useful as supplementary reading in appropriate courses dealing with complex systems, mass transfer, and network theory.Chapter "Neolithic Transitions: Diffusion of People or Diffusion of Culture?" is available open access under a Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International License via link.springer.com.
Illuminates the universal nature of the spreading phenomenon across many diverse disciplines
Discusses models and simulations of the spread of diseases and pandemics
Addresses a broad range of readers from throughout archaeology, epidemics, linguistics, sociology, engineering, natural sciences, and mathematics
Illuminates the universal nature of the spreading phenomenon across many diverse disciplines Discusses models and simulations of the spread of diseases and pandemics Addresses a broad range of readers from archeology, epidemics, linguistics, natural sciences, and mathematics
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Armin Bunde
Themen in »Diffusive Spreading in Nature, Technology and Society«
Spreading of Pandemics Random Walk Diffusion Processes in Physics Epidemics Models Spreading of Coronavirus Diffusing Biological Processes Diffusive Transport Diffusion in Atmospheric Physics Expansion of Languages Hot Brownian Motion Nature-Inspired Transport Optimization Diffusion in Nanoporous Materials Transport in Porous Media History of Human Migration