{"id":19928,"date":"2020-12-14T14:07:00","date_gmt":"2020-12-14T13:07:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/archive.iask.hu\/?p=19928"},"modified":"2022-02-23T14:42:28","modified_gmt":"2022-02-23T13:42:28","slug":"dezso-boda-complexity-in-nature-and-society-from-dancing-molecules-to-collapsing-societies","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/archive.iask.hu\/en\/dezso-boda-complexity-in-nature-and-society-from-dancing-molecules-to-collapsing-societies\/","title":{"rendered":"Dezs\u0151 Boda: Complexity in Nature and Society : From Dancing Molecules to Collapsing Societies"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-19929 alignleft\" src=\"http:\/\/archive.iask.hu\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/12\/bd_borito-209x300.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"209\" height=\"300\" srcset=\"https:\/\/archive.iask.hu\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/12\/bd_borito-209x300.jpg 209w, https:\/\/archive.iask.hu\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/12\/bd_borito.jpg 631w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 209px) 100vw, 209px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>Global warming, biodiversity, water security, migration and many other challenges of the 21st century urges us to shift from the traditional disciplinary thinking to an integrative thinking about complex issues of nature and society. Complex systems science is a research field devoted to this new way of thinking.<\/p>\n<p>Dezs\u0151 Boda\u2019s book Complexity in Nature and Society \u2013 From Dancing Molecules to Collapsing Societies offers an original and sophisticated introduction to the machinery of complex systems science and an extensive overview of its application. The book starts with a lucid introduction to the key concepts of the field such as emergence, self-organization, adaptation, etc.; and continues with a brief guide to the methodology of complex systems science borrowed from statistical physics. In short, one tackles complex macrolevel phenomena as emerging from an underlying microscopic level regulated by various dynamical rules. In the next two chapters the author covers a wide range of topics in biology and the social sciences (animal societies, brain, memes, language, cultural evolution, etc.) highlighting how indispensable complex systems science is in understanding the complex world surrounding us.<br \/>\nAlthough written for students and lay-readers with little or no scientific background, the book is also highly recommended for specialists.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>Book recommendation video with the author, Dezs\u0151 Boda physicist, researcher of iASK (with English subtitle):<\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/A7f_v7A08hc\" width=\"560\" height=\"315\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen=\"allowfullscreen\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/archive.iask.hu\/wp-content\/uploads\/2002\/07\/contents.pdf\">Table of Contents<\/a><\/p>\n<p><strong>2020<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>ISBN: 978-615-5742-19-4<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>170 pages<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>Price: 2900 HUF<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<blockquote><p><strong>Order from the Publisher<\/strong>: click on this\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/archive.iask.hu\/book-ordering\/\">LINK<\/a>. Postage equivalent to the sum of current postage rate is to be paid by the customer.<\/p>\n<p>If you would like to order online, the book is also available\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.prosperod.hu\/katalogus\/konyvek\/?id=74786\">here<\/a>.\u00a0(The website is in Hungarian only.)<\/p><\/blockquote>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Dezs\u0151 Boda\u2019s book offers an original and sophisticated introduction to the machinery of complex systems science and an extensive overview of its application.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":209,"featured_media":19929,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[128,238,40],"tags":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v16.7 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/wordpress\/plugins\/seo\/ -->\n<title>Dezs\u0151 Boda: Complexity in Nature and Society : From Dancing Molecules to Collapsing Societies - iASK - Institute of Advanced Studies K\u0151szeg<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"http:\/\/archive.iask.hu\/en\/?p=19928\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Dezs\u0151 Boda: Complexity in Nature and Society : From Dancing Molecules to Collapsing Societies - 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