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“The whole is greater than the sum of its parts.” This phrase, often attributed to Aristotle, eloquently captures the essence of one of the most fascinating properties of nature: Emergence. When several parts of a physical system – whether atoms, birds or stars – interact with each other, new properties can be observed that its single parts do not have on their own. This phenomenon is the focus of the new episode by “Welt der Physik”'s podcast “Emergenz”, in which Manfred Salmhofer from STRUCTURES explains how such emergent properties arise and what role they play in physics.
The podcast is available in German at the “Welt der Physik” webpage:
Welt der Physik: Folge 330 – Emergenz (in German, Feb. 10, 2022).
