Physics: the opening to complexity.

In the minds of the lay public, or even of scientists from unrelated fields, physics is mainly associated with extremes: big bangs and big bucks; the cosmic and the subnucleonic scales; matter in its most rarefied form such as single trapped atoms; or measurements of extraordinary precision to detect phenomena which may well not be there at all.

Abstract

While human social memory lasts decades and tracks relationships, less is known about nonhuman ape long-term memory.We present evidence that both chimpanzees and bonobos recognize the faces of familiar conspecifics even after many years of ...Recognition and memory of familiar conspecifics provides the foundation for complex sociality and is vital to navigating an unpredictable social world [Tibbetts and Dale, Trends Ecol. Evol. 22, 529–537 (2007)]. Human social memory incorporates content ...