Nonextensive Entropy: Interdisciplinary Applications (Proceedings Volume in the Santa Fe Institute Studies in the Sciences of Complexity,)

Gell-Mann, Murray

ISBN 10: 0195159764 / ISBN 13: 9780195159769

Published by Oxford University Press, USA, 2004

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Bibliographic Details

• Title: Nonextensive Entropy: Interdisciplinary Applications (Proceedings Volume in the Santa Fe Institute Studies in the Sciences of Complexity,)
• Publisher: Oxford University Press, USA
• Publication Date: 2004
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 0195159764
• ISBN 13: 9780195159769
• Binding: Hardcover
• Condition: Like New
• Book Type: book

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Synopsis

A great variety of complex phenomena in many scientific fields exhibit power-law behavior, reflecting a hierarchical or fractal structure. Many of these phenomena seem to be susceptible to description using approaches drawn from thermodynamics or statistical mechanics, particularly approaches involving the maximization of entropy and of Boltzmann-Gibbs statistical mechanics and standard laws in a natural way. The book addresses the interdisciplinary applications of these ideas, and also on various phenomena that could possibly be quantitatively describable in terms of these ideas.

About the Author

Murray Gell-Mann is at Sante Fe Institute. Constantino Tsallis is at Brazilian Center for Physics Research.