TEDxEast INTERCONNECTIVITY - 11.11.10: Debbi Berebichez- How physics gains insight from interconnectivity
What can physics learn from social networks? This is the question that Debbi Berebichez raises in her provocative talk about emergent behaviors and physics. According to Berebichez, emergent behavior occurs when a system composed of independent parts forms more complex behaviors as a collective and exhibits properties which the individual components do not have. She challenges the audience with the idea of what could be if physicists looked beyond their discipline in order to learn from the bigger picture.
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