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Publisher: Journals Gateway
Daedalus (2012) 141 (3): 23–34.
Published: 01 July 2012
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In this brief survey, I discuss some examples of the fascinating phenomenon of universality in complex systems, in which universal macroscopic laws of nature emerge from a variety of different microscopic dynamics. This phenomenon is widely observed empirically, but the rigorous mathematical foundation for universality is not yet satisfactory in all cases.