00000cam a22000004i 4500 UP-99796217611526055 Buklod 20150309144137.0 a r |||| u| ta 130619s2014 enkm r a000 0|eng d 9780199662456 (iLib)UPD-00239908822 CUD DNIP rda eng Q 175.5 S46 2014 Sen, Parongama 1963- author. Sociophysics an introduction Parongama Sen, Bikas K. Chakrabarti. Oxford Oxford University Press 2014. xii, 283 pages illustrations 25 cm text rdacontent. unmediated rdamedia. volume rdacarrier. Includes bibliographical references (pages [248]-280) This book discusses the study and analysis of the physical aspects of social systems and models, inspired by the analogy with familiar models of physical systems and possible applications of statistical physics tools. Unlike the traditional analysis of the physics of macroscopic many-body or condensed matter systems, which is now an established and mature subject, the upsurge in the physical analysis and modelling of social systems, which are clearly many-body dynamical systems, is a recent phenomenon. Though the major developments in sociophysics have taken place only recently, the earliest attempts of proposing 'Social Physics' as a discipline are more than one and a half centuries old. Various developments in the mainstream physics of condensed matter systems have inspired and induced the recent growth of sociophysical analysis and models. In spite of the tremendous efforts of many scientists in recent years, the subject is still in its infancy and major challenges are yet to be taken up. An introduction to these challenges is the main motivation for this book. Book jacket. Sociophysics. Chakrabarti, Bikas K. 1952- author. FO UPD DNIP Q 175.5 S46 2014 Book