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BOOKS<\/strong><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n

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C. Pedr\u00f3s-Ali\u00f3, I. M. Ant\u00f3n, S. Manrubia, A. Hueso-Gil, J. Gallardo, M. Cobo-Sim\u00f3n, M. Seoane, M. Maestro-L\u00f3pez, P. Ortega-Gonz\u00e1lez, R. Torres-P\u00e9rez and R. Tenorio
\nCiencia o pseudociencia. Herramientas para orientarse en un mar de informaci\u00f3n<\/a>
\n<\/em>ISBN: 978-84-18927-30-0. Plataforma Editorial, 2022 (352 pp.)<\/p>\n

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\"gens-i-genealogies_portada\"<\/a>S. Manrubia and D. H. Zanette\"GenesGenealogias_Portada\"
\nGens i <\/a>genealogies. Sobre la nostra her\u00e8ncia cultural i gen\u00f2mica<\/a> (Genes and genealogies. On our cultural and genomic inheritance.)<\/em>
\nISBN: 978-84-902-6085-2. Col.lecci\u00f3 Sense Fronteres<\/em>, Edicions Bromera, 2013 (200 p).<\/p>\n
S. Manrubia and D. H. Zanette
\nGenes y Genealog\u00edas. Sobre nuestra herencia cultural y gen\u00f3mica<\/a><\/em>
\nISBN: 978-84-370-9293-5. Colecci\u00f3n Sin Fronteras<\/em>. C\u00e1tedra de Divulgaci\u00f3n de la Ciencia, Publicaciones de la Universidad de Valencia, 2014 (164 p).<\/p>\n
\"\"<\/a> \"\"<\/a>S.C. Manrubia, A.S. Mikhailov, and D.H. Zanette
\nEmergence of Dynamical Order. Synchronization Phenomena in Complex Systems<\/em><\/a>
\nLecture Notes in Complex Systems, Vol. 2, 360 pp., ISBN 981-238-803-6. World Scientic Publishing Co., Singapore<\/p>\n
R.V. Sol\u00e9 and S.C. Manrubia
\nOrden y Caos en Sistemas Complejos<\/em><\/a>
\nCol.lecci\u00f3 Politext, Edicions UPC, Barcelona, 1996 (594 p.)<\/p>\n
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PAPERS THAT MADE IT TO THE MEDIA…<\/strong><\/h3>\n
The turning point and end of an expanding epidemic cannot be precisely forecast<\/a>
\nCastro, M., Ares, S., Cuesta, J. A., Manrubia, S.
\nProceedings of the National Academy of Sciences USA<\/em> 117<\/strong>, 26190-26196 (2020)
\nWith the COVID-19 pandemic as motivation, this work has been featured broadly.
\nCheck this wonderful feature by Jordana Cepelewicz in Quanta Magazine<\/a>, The hard lessons of modelling the coronavirus pandemic<\/a>, <\/em>published January 28, 2021, to get a broad and accurate overview of the problem.
\n<\/span>Other publications, in The Conversation<\/em> (27\/01\/2021, El coste en vidas de salvar la Navidad<\/a><\/em>), PNAS<\/em> (17\/11\/2020, Predicting an epidemic trajectory is difficult<\/a>, <\/em>by C. O. Wilke and C. T. Bergstrom), El confidencial<\/em> (2\/11\/2020, Ha habido mucho vendedor de humo cient\u00edfico haciendo predicciones del virus<\/a><\/em>), Physics World<\/em> (18\/10\/2020, Public should be informed of uncertainties in model predictions of COVID-19 spread, say researchers<\/a><\/em>, by Louisa Cockbill), The Conversation<\/em> (19\/10\/2020, \u00bfSe puede predecir la evoluci\u00f3n de una epidemia?<\/em><\/a>), El Pa\u00eds<\/em> (28\/05\/2020, De matem\u00e1ticos y charlatanes: por qu\u00e9 es imposible predecir qu\u00e9 va a pasar dentro de unos d\u00edas con la covid-19<\/a><\/em>), blog Nada es Gratis<\/em> (27\/04\/2020, Ni el pico ni el final de una epidemia se pueden predecir con precisi\u00f3n<\/em><\/a>, by Anxo S\u00e1nchez).<\/span><\/p>\n
River density and landscape roughness are universal determinants of linguistic diversity<\/a>
\nAxelsen, J. B. and Manrubia, S.
\nProceedings of the Royal Society of London B<\/em> 281<\/strong>, 20133029 (2014)
\nThis paper has been featured in Science<\/em> 344<\/strong>, 340 (Rivers of Words<\/em><\/a>, Editor’s Choice), in The Economist on April 23rd: Mountains high enough and rivers wide enough<\/em><\/a>, and in the Danish newspaper Politiken<\/em> on August 24th:
\nFloder og bjerge holder styr p\u00e5 sprog<\/em><\/a>.<\/p>\n
Suppression of viral infectivity through lethal defection<\/a>
\nGrande-P\u00e9rez, A., L\u00e1zaro, E., Domingo, E., and Manrubia, S. C.
\nProceedings of the National Academy of Sciences USA<\/em> 102<\/strong>, 4448-4452 (2005)
\nThe research reported was awarded a national prize (Diario Medico, Best Scientic Ideas 2005<\/a>). Related theory was featured in SINC news on April 22, 2009: Utilizan un modelo matem\u00e1tico para explicar extinciones v\u00edricas<\/a><\/em><\/p>\n
Statistical properties of genealogical trees<\/a>
\nDerrida, B., Manrubia, S.C. and Zanette, D.H.
\nPhysical Review Letters<\/em> 82<\/strong>, 1987-1990 (1999)
\nFeatured in Scientific American, October 2020 (Humans are all more closely related than we commonly think<\/a><\/em>), Physics World<\/em><\/a>, April 1999 (Family ties<\/em>), and in the Physics Bulletin of Physics News<\/em><\/a> (American Institute of Physics) 428<\/strong>, May 14, 1999 (King Edward III<\/em>).<\/p>\n
Self-similarity of extinction statistics in the fossil record<\/a>
\nSol\u00e9, R.V., Manrubia, S.C., Benton, M.J. and Bak, P.
\nNature <\/em>388<\/strong>, 764-767 (21 August 1997).
\nFeatured in New Scientist<\/em><\/a>, 8 November 1997 (One law to rule them all<\/em>), and in The New York Times<\/em><\/a>, 2 September 1997 (Many small events may add up to one mass extinction<\/em>).<\/p>\n
Role of intermittency in urban development: A model of large-scale city formation<\/a>
\nZanette, D. H. and Manrubia, S.C.
\nPhysical Review Letters <\/em>79<\/strong>, 523-526 (1997)
\nFeatured in Physics World<\/em><\/a>, October 1997 (Power laws for cities<\/em>).<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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