Didier Sornette: 3 books
Why Stock Markets Crash
Critical Events in Complex Financial Systems
Language: English
Release Date: March 21, 2017
The scientific study of complex systems has transformed a wide range of disciplines in recent years, enabling researchers in both the natural and social sciences to model and predict phenomena as diverse as earthquakes, global warming, demographic patterns, financial crises, and the failure of materials....
Man-made Catastrophes and Risk Information Concealment
Case Studies of Major Disasters and Human Fallibility
Language: English
Release Date: October 27, 2015
This book discusses the risks of information concealment in the context of major natural or industrial disasters – offering detailed descriptions and analyses of some 25 historical cases (Three Mile Island nuclear accident, Bhopal disaster, Challenger Space Shuttle explosion, Chernobyl nuclear disaster,...
by Didier Sornette, Wolfgang Kröger, Spencer Wheatley
Language: English
Release Date: September 29, 2018
Language: English
Release Date: September 29, 2018
The history of mankind is a story of ascent to unprecedented levels of comfort, productivity and consumption, enabled by the increased mastery of the basic reserves and flows of energy. This miraculous trajectory is confronted by the consensus that anthropogenic emissions are harmful and must decrease,...