Manneville: Percolation

Zitat

“The theoretical account of this scenario follows Pomeau’s idea of an equivalence of STI with a time–oriented stochastic process known as directed percolation in statistical physics.” (p. 57) #Manneville #Pomeau #STI #StatisticalPhysics #percolation

Gueroult: La physique

Zitat

“La physique est ainsi reliée aux vérités de fait contingentes et à la nécessité éthico-théologique : elle est concrète.” (p. 204) #Gueroult #physique

Olsen et al.: Times

Zitat

“Primary times provide the grounds for secondary times. Primary times are relational. Secondary times are processual. Primary times are spatial, yet saturated with a ceaseless, liquid motion. Secondary times separate space and time.” (p. 156) #Olsen #Shanks #Webmoor #Witmore #time #space

Newman: What is a network?

Zitat

“A network is a set of items, which we will call vertices or sometimes nodes, with connections between them, called edges. Systems taking the form of networks (also called “graphs” in much of the mathematical literature) abound in the world.” (p. 2) #Newman #network #system