Prospectives and challenges in statistical physics and complex systems for the next Decade

Аннотация

Statistical Physics (SP) has an unique history, following an unusual evolutionary path in science. Originally, aiming to provide a fundamental basis for another important branch of physics, namely, thermodinamics the initial pur[ose of statistical mechanics — which grew into SP — has evolved ded through the passage of time. Although it has always maintained close link with thermodynamics, SP has become an independent field of research in its own right.