On Wed, May 24, 2017 at 6:59 PM, Russ Abbott <russ.abb...@gmail.com> wrote:

> Are there any good examples of a complex system that doesn't involve
> biological organisms (including human beings)?
>

Three most used non-biological examples I've seen are:

   - ferromagnetism (described with ising model)
   - Bénard cells (convection)
   - Belousov–Zhabotinsky reaction

Practically any physical system that transacts forms of energy can have
critical regimes of phase transitions and would all qualify as complex
systems.
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