Mark Buchanan
Mark Buchanan (born October 31, 1961 in Cleveland, Ohio ) is an American physicist and author.
He studied theoretical physics at the University of Virginia , USA, where he also received his doctorate in 1993. Living in Great Britain from 1995 , he worked as a science journalist and editor for the journal Nature and then for the popular science journal New Scientist . He currently writes a monthly column for the journal Nature Physics .
Today Buchanan lives as a freelance writer in Normandy , France . He has published four books so far.
He is not identical to Pastor Mark Buchanan, who lives in Canada and is also active as a writer .
Works (selection)
- The grain of sand that makes the earth shake. On the trail of the law of catastrophes or why the world is simpler than we think (“Ubiquity”). Campus-Verlag, Frankfurt / M. 2004, ISBN 3-593-37697-0 .
- Small worlds. The universe is too small for coincidences (“nexus”). Campus-Verlag, Frankfurt / M. 2002, ISBN 3-593-36801-3 .
- Why the rich keep getting richer and why your neighbor looks like you. New findings from social physics (“The social atom”). Campus-Verlag, Frankfurt / M. 2008, ISBN 978-3-593-38456-6 .
Web links
- Literature by and about Mark Buchanan in the WorldCat bibliographic database
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Buchanan, Mark |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | American physicist |
| DATE OF BIRTH | October 31, 1961 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Cleveland, Ohio |