![]() William Fairfield Warren Distinguished Professor Professor of Physics Professor of Chemistry Professor of Biomedical Engineering Professor of Physiology (School of Medicine) Director, Center for Polymer Studies |
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Contact Info:
617.353.2617 (office)
857.891.1941 (mobile and home)
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Professional Activities:
Bubble Trouble: Can a Law Describe Bubbles and Crashes in Financial Markets? Physics World 24[5], 29-32 (May 2011). "A Richter Scale for Markets" New York Times "Week in Review" (Sunday, 1 August 2010). "Economic Fluctuations and Statistical Physics: Quantifying Extremely Rare and Much Less Rare Events" (Keynote Talk, International Workshop on Coping with Crises in Complex Socio-Economic Systems, ETH Zurich, September 2008). "Applications of Statistical Physics to Understanding Complex Systems" (Opening Plenary Talk, International Conference on Complexity (ECCS), Jerusalem, 13-16 September 2008). "Econophysics and the Current Economic Turmoil" The Back Page in APS News 17[11], 8-9 (December 2008). "Emerging Research Fronts" |
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Related Pages:
Journal of Physical Chemistry B 115, Issue 48 (1 December 2011). Nature interview (4/24/03). BU alumni magazine article (Fall 2004). March 2004 acceptance talk, "APS Nicholson Medal for Humanitarian Service." M. Kitsak, L. K. Gallos, S. Havlin, F. Liljeros, L. Muchnik, H. E. Stanley, and H. A. Makse, "Identification of Influential Spreaders in Complex Networks," Nature Physics 6, 888-893 (2010). An Introduction to Random Searches and Biological Encounters by Viswanathan, da Luz, Raposo, and Stanley. |
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CPS Library Holdings (Internal Circulation)
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Boston University Center for Polymer Studies Department of Physics 590 Commonwealth Avenue, Room 204B Boston, Massachusetts 02215 E-mail: hes@bu.edu Travel Directions Parking |
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