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Gateways to Emergence: Natural and Stealth Disasters
(
2/16/2012
)
84
minutes
Conference:
Physics 150 Distinguished Public Lecture Series: Gateways to Emergent Behavior in the Physical and Biological Sciences
Host:
Emergence
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description:
Professor Susan Kieffer, from the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, discusses whether or not stealth disasters have the characteristics of emergent phenomena, and, if so, whether this is a new and potentially useful way to look at them toward the goal of developing a "science of sustainability".
host links:
Emergence at UC Davis
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