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Complex Systems appear everywhere in meso-scale science

Multi-scale systems appear in physics, biology, techno-social sciences, ...

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  From sand ripples, made from sand grains
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  to sand dunes

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  From small scale whirlpools
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  to vortices
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  to hurricanes
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  to galaxies

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  From fluid mechanics
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  to the atmosphere (von Karman "streets" off Jeju Do island in Japan

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  Cells, built from their DNA code
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  Complex organs, made from biological cells
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  Animals, made from organs
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  Animal colonies, made from animals
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  Social networks, made from individuals
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  The Internet and the web, made from individual pages and sites