A Random Walk in Physics: Beyond Black Holes and Time-Travels
暫譯: 物理中的隨機漫步：超越黑洞與時間旅行

第一章 - 介紹。第二章 - 原子、不可逆性、機率、統計力學、熵。第三章 - 機率、熵、混沌。第四章 - 混沌、預測。第五章 - 預測、湍流、模型。第六章 - 模型、理查森。第七章 - 波茲曼、統計力學、布朗運動。第八章 - 波茲曼、原子、統計力學、中尺度系統。第九章 - 預測：混沌、龐加萊、理查森、模型、大數據。第十章 - 統計力學：原子、波茲曼、麥克斯威爾。

Massimo Cencini graduated in Physics from the Sapienza University of Rome in 1996 and gained his Ph.D. there in 2000. He then became a postdoc at the Max Planck Institute for Complex Systems in Dresden and at the Observatory of Nice. Currently, he is senior researcher at the Institute of Complex Systems of the National Research Council in Rome, where he works since 2008. His scientific interests include chaos and complexity in dynamical systems, statistical theories of turbulence, and turbulent transport. In recent years, he has also become interested in theoretical population dynamics. Dr. Cencini has written about 90 scientific papers in international peer-reviewed journals and a monograph on chaos and dynamical systems.

Andrea Puglisi graduated from Sapienza University of Rome in 1998 and gained a Ph.D. in Physics in 2002. Then, he has been a Marie Curie fellow at Orsay, Paris (2003-2004) and a postdoc at Sapienza University (2005-2008). He is senior researcher at the Institute of Complex Systems of the National Research Council in Rome (CNR-ISC), where he works since 2008. His interests are granular materials (theory and experiments), non-equilibrium statistical mechanics, and computational cognitive science. He has co-authored more than 100 scientific papers on international journals and one book: Transport and Fluctuations in Granular Fluids (Springer 2014).

Davide Vergni graduated in Physics from the Sapienza University of Rome in 1997 and gained his Ph.D. there in 2001. He is currently a senior researcher at the Institute for Calculus Applications "Mauro Picone" of the National Research Council of Italy, and since 2015 he is a member of the technical-scientific board of experts at the Department of the Treasury. His scientific interests lie within applied mathematics, in particular reactive systems in heterogeneous media, population dynamics, combinatorial aspects in bioinformatics, and management and optimization in financial systems (public debt, pension funds, energy market). He has co-authored more than 50 scientific publications, including peer-reviewed papers in international journals, book chapters, and proceedings.

Angelo Vulpiani graduated from Rome University in 1977, where his supervisor was Gianni Jona-Lasinio. He subsequently became a CNR fellow (1978-1981), Assistant Professor at Rome University (1981-1988), and Associate Professor at first the University of L'Aquila (1988-1991) and then the University of Rome (1991-2000). At present, he is Professor of Theoretical Physics in the Physics Department of Sapienza University of Rome and a fellow of the Institute of Physics. He has been a visiting fellow at several research institutes and universities in France, Belgium, Sweden, Denmark, and the USA. His scientific interests include chaos and complexity in dynamical systems, statistical mechanics of non-equilibrium and disordered systems, developed turbulence, phenomena of transport and diffusion, and foundations of physics. He has written about 250 scientific papers in international journals and nine books, including most recently Reductionism, Emergence and Levels of Reality (Springer, 2014; co-authors: S. Chibbaro and L. Rondoni).

**Massimo Cencini** 於1996年畢業於羅馬薩賓納大學，主修物理學，並於2000年獲得博士學位。隨後，他成為德累斯頓的馬克斯·普朗克複雜系統研究所及尼斯天文台的博士後研究員。目前，他是羅馬國家研究委員會複雜系統研究所的高級研究員，自2008年以來一直在此工作。他的科學興趣包括動態系統中的混沌與複雜性、湍流的統計理論以及湍流傳輸。近年來，他也對理論人口動態學產生了興趣。Cencini博士已在國際同行評審期刊上發表約90篇科學論文，並撰寫了一本關於混沌與動態系統的專著。

**Andrea Puglisi** 於1998年畢業於羅馬薩賓納大學，並於2002年獲得物理學博士學位。隨後，他在巴黎奧爾塞擔任瑪麗·居里研究員（2003-2004），並在薩賓納大學擔任博士後研究員（2005-2008）。他是羅馬國家研究委員會複雜系統研究所（CNR-ISC）的高級研究員，自2008年以來一直在此工作。他的研究興趣包括顆粒材料（理論與實驗）、非平衡統計力學以及計算認知科學。他已共同撰寫超過100篇國際期刊的科學論文和一本書：《顆粒流體中的傳輸與波動》（Springer 2014）。

**Davide Vergni** 於1997年畢業於羅馬薩賓納大學，並於2001年獲得博士學位。目前，他是意大利國家研究委員會的“毛羅·皮科內”計算應用研究所的高級研究員，自2015年以來，他是財政部技術科學專家委員會的成員。他的科學興趣集中在應用數學，特別是異質介質中的反應系統、人口動態學、生物信息學中的組合方面，以及金融系統中的管理與優化（公共債務、退休金基金、能源市場）。他已共同撰寫超過50篇科學出版物，包括國際期刊的同行評審論文、書籍章節和會議論文。

**Angelo Vulpiani** 於1977年畢業於羅馬大學，指導教授為Gianni Jona-Lasinio。隨後，他成為CNR研究員（1978-1981）、羅馬大學的助理教授（1981-1988），以及拉奎拉大學（1988-1991）和羅馬大學（1991-2000）的副教授。目前，他是羅馬薩賓納大學物理系的理論物理教授，並且是物理學研究所的研究員。他曾在法國、比利時、瑞典、丹麥和美國的多個研究機構和大學擔任訪問研究員。他的科學興趣包括動態系統中的混沌與複雜性、非平衡與無序系統的統計力學、發展湍流、傳輸與擴散現象以及物理學的基礎。他已在國際期刊上發表約250篇科學論文，並撰寫了九本書籍，其中最近的一本是《還原論、出現與現實的層次》（Springer, 2014；共同作者：S. Chibbaro 和 L. Rondoni）。