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2021 , Vol. 43 >Issue 6: 441 - 450

DOI: https://doi.org/10.3969/j.issn.0253-9608.2021.06.006

Brief Introduction of Nobel Prize

2021 Nobel Prize in Physics: A new era of complex systems science  

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  • ①Beijing Normal University, Beijing 100875, China; ②Institute of Theoretical Physics, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing 100190, China; ③University of Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing 100049, China

Received date: 2021-11-19

  Online published: 2021-12-21

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Abstract

The Nobel Prize in Physics 2021 was awarded to three scientists for groundbreaking contributions to our understanding of complex physical systems. Syukuro Manabe and Klaus Hasselmann shared half of the prize for the physical modelling of Earth’s climate, quantifying variability and reliably predicting global warming. Giorgio Parisi received the other half of the prize for the discovery of the interplay of disorder and fluctuations in physical systems from atomic to planetary scales. In this article, we reviewed their scientific contributions.

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FAN Jingfang, JIN Yuliang . 2021 Nobel Prize in Physics: A new era of complex systems science  [J]. Chinese Journal of Nature, 2021 , 43(6) : 441 -450 . DOI: 10.3969/j.issn.0253-9608.2021.06.006

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