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Urban scientist, theoretical physicist

Luis Bettencourt

Theoretical physicist with Ph.D. from Imperial College London. Currently the Lorna Puttkammer Straus Professor in the Department of Ecology and Evolution and Data Sciences Institute at the University of Chicago, with additional faculty appointments in Sociology. Leading researcher applying complex systems theory and network analysis to understand cities as self-organizing biological-like entities.

Known For

Universal scaling laws in citiesComplex systems approach to urban scienceMathematical frameworks connecting biology and urbanism

Canon

Books

Introduction to Urban Science: Evidence and Theory of Cities as Complex Systems

Episodes