On the Universality of Mesoscience: Science of 'the in-between'

التفاصيل البيبلوغرافية
العنوان: On the Universality of Mesoscience: Science of 'the in-between'
المؤلفون: Li, Jinghai, Huang, Wenlai, Edwards, Peter P., Kwauk, Mooson, Houghton, John T., Slocombe, Daniel
سنة النشر: 2013
المجموعة: Nonlinear Sciences
مصطلحات موضوعية: Nonlinear Sciences - Adaptation and Self-Organizing Systems
الوصف: The universality of mesoscales, ranging between elemental particles and the universe, is discussed here by reviewing widely disparate fields and presenting four cases, at differing hierarchical levels, from chemistry, chemical engineering, meteorology, through to astronomy. An underpinning concept, "Compromise in competition", is highlighted between various dominant, but competing mechanisms, and is identified here to be the universal origin of complexity and diversity in such examples. We therefore advance this as a key underlying principle of an emerging science -- Mesoscience.
Comment: 8 pages, 1 figure
نوع الوثيقة: Working Paper
URL الوصول: http://arxiv.org/abs/1302.5861
رقم الأكسشن: edsarx.1302.5861
قاعدة البيانات: arXiv