Crises & Tipping Points: From Statistical Physics to Social Sciences
As P. W. Anderson wrote in 1972 in his article "More is Different", the behavior of large assemblies of individuals (/molecules) cannot be understood by extrapolating the behavior of isolated individuals (/molecules). On the contrary, completely new behaviors, sometimes spectacular and difficult to anticipate, can appear and require new ideas and methods. The purpose of statistical physics is precisely to try to understand these collective phenomena, which do not belong to any of the underlying elementary...
Read more about Monday Colloquium: Jean Philippe Bouchaud (CFM)