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Nature 407, 465-466 (28 September 2000) | doi:10.1038/35035192

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Statistical physics: Following the crowd

David J. Low

When we are at a major sporting event or travelling on public transport, our safety and comfort depend crucially on our fellow crowd members and on the design and operation of the facility we are in. So it is unnerving to realize that the modelling currently used to design and operate these venues has more in common with the design of water-pipe networks than anything with a human dimension.