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...

All lectures will be held in Jefferson 250
And also streamed live via Zoom (but we hope you will attend in person, with appropriate face covering)
For Zoom link, please contact Jolanta Davis

Monday, November 1, 4:30pm:
"Exoplanets and the Search for Atmospheric Biosignature Gases"
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