Seminarium Fizyki Materii Skondensowanej
Sala Duża Teoretyczna (229), ul. Hoża 69
2011-05-13 (12:15) 
Prof. Chin-Kun Hu (Institute of Physics, Academia Sinica, Taipei 11529, Taiwan)
Universality and scaling in physical, biological and social systems
The objective of statistical physics is to understand macroscopic behaviorof a many-body system from the interactions of the constituents of thatsystem. When many-body systems reach critical state, then simpleuniversal and scaling behaviors appear. In this talk, I first introducethe concepts of universality and scaling in critical physical systems. Ithen briefly review some examples of universal and scaling behaviors inphysical, biological and social systems. Finally, I mention someinteresting problems for further studies.