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Making complex systems computable

Dr John Wettlaufer, A. M. Bateman Professor of Geophysics, Mathematics, and Physics at Yale University, research professor at the Nordic Institute for Theoretical Physics, and a member of the Nobel Committee for Physics, discusses the contributions from the laureates of the 2021 Nobel Prize in Physics, his insights into complex system modeling, and his personal experience serving as a Nobel Committee member.

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Pan, J. Making complex systems computable. Nat Comput Sci 2, 550–552 (2022). https://doi.org/10.1038/s43588-022-00316-y

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