Scale Invariance: From Phase Transitions to Turbulence (Hardcover) (ISBN-13: 9783642151224)

Foreword by Pierre-Gilles de Gennes.- Introduction.- Change of State in Matter.- Fractal Geometry.- Universality as a Consequence of Scale Invariance.- Diffusion.- The Percolation Transition.- Scaling Concepts in Polymer Physics.- Superconducting Cuprates.- Growth Mechanisms and Interface Roughness.- Dynamical Systems, Chaos and Turbulence.- Self-Organized Critical Phenomena.- Scale Invariance in Biology.- Power and Limits of Scaling Approaches

Author: Annick Lesne, Michel Lagu?
ISBN-10: 3642151221
ISBN-13: 9783642151224
Publisher: Springer
Language: English
Published: 11/04/2011
Pages: 400
Format: Hardcover
Weight: 1.50lbs
Size: 9.20h x 6.00w x 1.10d