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Selection of Articles - PHYSICS OF SOCIETY

A selection of articles and presentations about the physics of society by Philip Ball.

2011 and All That

A talk from 2012 on why 2011 should make us take the physics of society seriously.

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Philip discusses his book Critical Mass on Radio 4

BBC - Radio 4 - The Material World 12/02/2004

BBC Radio 4

Philip discusses his book Critical Mass with science presenter Quentin Cooper and economist Paul Ormerod.
http://www.bbc.co.uk/radio4/science/

 

The physics of society

The physics of society: a talk delivered at the London School of Economics, March 2003.
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Culture crash: a review in Nature

"Culture crash" a review of the state of econophysics published in Nature 441, 686 (2006)
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The physical modelling of human social systems

The physical modelling of human social systems - a review in ComPlexUs 1, 190, published November 2004.
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The physical modelling of society

The physical modelling of society - a historical perspective: a talk presented at Messina, Sicily (2001) and subsequently published in Physica A 314, 1-14 (2002).
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