- Overview
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A book that explains how small parts can become larger events and phenomena.
- Book Intro
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Using statistical physics, this book highlights how small parts, from everyday friendships to natural phenomena such as social phenomena and disasters, become larger events and phenomena. The hidden rules and patterns of a complex world are created and examined via networks, and the meaning of the whole is interpreted by finding connections. Readers will be able to see the forest for the trees from the perspective of a statistical physicist. The book is divided into five major themes: connection, relationship, gaze, flow, and future. Each section deals with the core concepts of science, such as phase transitions, links, artificial intelligence, gravitational waves, and dark matter, and provides the pleasure of studying science.
- About the Author
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Kim Beomjun
Kim Beomjun graduated from the School of Physics at Seoul National University and obtained his PhD at the Graduate School of Physics. He served as president of the Korea Academy of Complexity Studies, as a member of Engineers and Scientists for Change (ESC), and as a member of the Popularization Committee of the Korean Physical Society. He is currently a professor in the Department of Physics at Sungkyunkwan University. His works include Big Data and Physics by Kim Beomjun and The Physics of World Objects.
- Recommendation
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"Let's follow this path that deals with statistical physics, the science of relationships, connections, and communication. There lies an overwhelming joy of knowledge, and a direction for living together is revealed." - Yu Ji-won (Typography Researcher; Author of Text Landscape), 2019
- Selection
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Publication Industry Promotion Agency of Korea, 2020, Book Sharing Committee’s Recommended Book Ministry of Culture, Sports, and Tourism, 2020, Sejong Books for Liberal Arts
