This is an archived course. A more recent version may be available at ocw.mit.edu.

 

Lecture Notes

LEC # TOPICS
1 Introduction (PDF)
2-3 From microdynamics to macrodynamics (PDF)
4-6 River networks, sandpiles, and self organized criticality (PDF)
7-8 Anomalous diffusion (PDF)
9-13 Statistical topography (PDF)
15-16
18-20
Percolation theory (PDF)
21 Origin of biogeochemical cycles (PDF)
22-23 Disordered kinetics (PDF)