Peter Erdi Books

Ranking of people, schools, products, countries, and just about everything else is part of our daily lives. But we are in a paradoxical relationship with ranking: we believe that ranking is good because it is informative and objective; and we believe ranking is bad because it is biased and subjective, and occasionally, even manipulated. Ranking: The Unwritten Rules of the Social Game We All Play combines the application of scientific theories to everyday experience with entertaining personal stories.

This book explains why complex systems research is important in understanding the structure, function and dynamics of complex natural and social phenomena. It illuminates how complex collective behavior emerges from the parts of a system, due to the interaction between the system and its environment. Readers will learn the basic concepts and methods of complex system research. The book is not highly technical mathematically, but teaches and uses the basic mathematical notions of dynamical system theory, making the book useful for students of science majors and graduate courses.

In Neural Organization, Arbib, Erdi, and Szentagothai integrate structural, functional, and dynamical approaches to the interaction of brain models and neurobiologcal experiments.

Ranglisten bestimmen unseren Alltag: Rivalität unter Kollegen, Wettstreit beim Sport, ein guter Platz bei Bewertungen. Listendenken scheint fest in der menschlichen Natur verankert zu sein. Wir wollen stets wissen, wer stärker, reicher, klüger, was empfehlenswerter ist. Viele der Top-Listungen basieren jedoch auf subjektiven Kategorisierungen und vermitteln lediglich den Eindruck von Objektivität. Érdi zeigt, wie man Ranglisten und soziale Hierarchien verstehen und besser zwischen objektiven und subjektiven Rankings unterscheiden kann - unerlässlich im Zeitalter der Ranglisten. Jetzt reinlesen: Inhaltsverzeichnis(pdf)