Adventure Diffusion [E-Book] : From Meandering Molecules to the Spreading of Plants, Humans, and Ideas / by Gero Vogl.
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, t...
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Personal Name(s): | Vogl, Gero, author |
Edition: |
1st edition 2019. |
Imprint: |
Cham :
Springer,
2019
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Physical Description: |
X, 157 pages 54 illustrations, 32 illustrations in color (online resource) |
Note: |
englisch |
ISBN: |
9783030046811 |
DOI: |
10.1007/978-3-030-04681-1 |
Subject (LOC): |
- Laws of diffusion and how they were found by unconventionally acting and thinking scientists (Brownian motion, Fourier's theory of heat, Fick's laws, Einstein-Smoluchowski's random walk, Perrin's experiments)
- Invasion of exotic plants (chestnut leaf miner moth, ragweed)
- Wave of advance (Fisher, Luther)
- Neolithic migration (Eurasia, Americas)
- Spread of languages (Indo-European in the past, endangered languages of today)
- Spread of diseases
- Spread of innovations.