Marten Scheffer

Broschiertes Buch

Critical Transitions in Nature and Society

Beschreibung

Offers an introduction to critical transitions in complex systems - the radical changes that happen at tipping points when thresholds are passed. This title describes the dynamical systems theory behind critical transitions, covering catastrophe theory, bifurcations and chaos.

Autor

Marten Scheffer is professor of environmental sciences at Wageningen University in the Netherlands. He is the author of Ecology of Shallow Lakes .

Produktdetails

• Princeton Studies in Complexity
• Verlag: Princeton University Press
• Seitenzahl: 400
• Erscheinungstermin: 26. Juli 2009
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 215mm x 139mm x 24mm
• Gewicht: 470g
• ISBN-13: 9780691122045
• ISBN-10: 0691122040
• Artikelnr.: 25694185