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11 - Outlook and a Word of Caution

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  30 November 2023

Nikolai Kocherginsky
Nikolai Kocherginsky
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University of Illinois, Urbana-Champaign
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Summary

Chapter 11 summarizes the major ideas of the book, and discusses their possible applications in more complex processes, such as biological evolution and social and economical phenomena.

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mobilityfrictiondriving forcesentropic forcesapplications in evolutionsociology and finances
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Physicochemical Mechanics
With Applications in Physics, Chemistry, Membranology and Biology
 , pp. 352 - 368
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Print publication year: 2023

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