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Adventure Diffusion

From Meandering Molecules to the Spreading of Plants, Humans, and Ideas

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Paru le : 2019-01-09



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This easy-to read book looks at the many ways in which diffusion bears on processes that involve dispersion, starting from the Brownian motion of molecules, covering the invasion of exotic plants, migration of populations, epidemics, and extending to the spreading of languages and ideas. Recently, there has been a growing interest in understanding migrations, diffusion and spreading outside the “hard” natural sciences of physics and chemistry, for example the spreading of plants introduced as a result of globalization. Another fascinating story is that of human migration in the distant past, i.e. the immigration of our ancestors who brought agriculture from the Near East, or the fast spread of the Palaeo-Indians into the Americas after the end of the Ice Age. Likewise, the spread of languages in the past, and even more so the current spread and retreat of languages will be described here in terms of diffusion. By understanding these principles, there is hope that some of the less common languages that are threatened by globalization can be saved. Another important implication discussed by the author concerns the outbreak of epidemics; these may be mitigated if we understand their spreading mechanism. Last but not least the spreading of ideas and innovations, a process which changes the world sometimes faster than we wish, can also be usefully described in this picture.
Pages
157 pages
Collection
n.c
Parution
2019-01-09
Marque
Springer
EAN papier
9783030046804
EAN PDF
9783030046811
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1
Nombre pages imprimables
15
Taille du fichier
4598 Ko
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47,46 €
EAN EPUB
9783030046811
Informations sur l'ebook
Nombre pages copiables
1
Nombre pages imprimables
15
Taille du fichier
26450 Ko
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47,46 €

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