Catastrophes In Nature And Society : Mathematical Modeling Of Complex Systems.
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...
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| Format: | Electronic eBook |
| Language: | English |
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Singapore :
World Scientific,
2007.
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Full text (MFA users only) |
| ISBN: | 9789812707550 9812707557 1281120979 9781281120977 |
| Local Note: | ProQuest Ebook Central |
Table of Contents:
- Preface; Acknowledgments; Contents; 1. Environmental Microcatastrophes; 2. Cancer as a Catastrophe in Organisms; 3. Life and Atmosphere; 4. Technosphere-Biosphere Interaction and Global Climate; 5. Dynamics of Atmospheric Ozone; 6. Closed Ecological Systems and Earth's Biosphere; 7. Environmental Damage; 8. Fining and Environment; 9. Market; 10. Marketing Dynamics; 11. Labor Market and Capitalism; 12. Unemployment Dynamics; 13. Objects of Nature as Commodities; 14. Long-term Motivation; 15. Democracy in the Light of Electoral Procedures; Conclusion; Index.