Less can also be different

Mehran Kardar (MIT)

Outline

I.       I study and teach Statistical Physics                     

II.      Why Statistical Physics?  

• P.W. Anderson: More is different
• A.M. Turing:  Morphogenesis & Animal coat patterns  (Postsynaptic density)
• Stochastic decisions in cell signaling

III.     Other excursions motivated by biology

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