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Carnivore is part of Food web. Activate to inspect this relation.Decomposer is part of Food web. Activate to inspect this relation.Diffusion is derived from Brownian motion. Activate to inspect this relation.Diffusion is analogous to Energy transfer. Activate to inspect this relation.Epidemic spread is analogous to Diffusion. Activate to inspect this relation.Food chain is part of Food web. Activate to inspect this relation.Food web enables Energy transfer. Activate to inspect this relation.Food web is a Network. Activate to inspect this relation.Gas exchange is a Diffusion. Activate to inspect this relation.Osmosis is a Diffusion. Activate to inspect this relation.Plasma membrane enables Diffusion. Activate to inspect this relation.Population growth influences Food web. Activate to inspect this relation.Predation is part of Food web. Activate to inspect this relation.DiffusionGas exchangeOsmosisEpidemic spreadEnergy transferBrownian motionPlasma membraneFood webFood chainNetworkPopulation growthDecomposerCarnivorePredation
Relationship types

19 concepts viewed through this lens. Bridge concepts connect this view to Agriculture, Anthropology, Astronomy, Audio Engineering….

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  • Focused concept
  • Connected concept
  • Bridge concept (just outside the lens)
  • Arrow points from cause / source to effect / target
  • A line with no arrow is a two-way relationship
  • Node colour marks the concept’s primary discipline
14 concepts13 relationships25 disciplines4 relation families

At a glance

The spreading of something from where it is dense to where it is sparse.

Disciplines
Physics · Chemistry · Sociology · Statistical Physics · Environmental Engineering · Environmental Science · Biophysics
Role in the graph
Cross-disciplinary bridge — reaches Biology, Cell Biology, Engineering, Epidemiology, Network Science, Nutrition Science, Physiology, Public Health
Relationships
6 · 4 relation families
Mental models
3

What am I looking at?

In this lens (19)

Bridge concepts (55)

Just outside the lens — they connect it to other context.

  • Ecosystem3
    Biology, Ecology · connects to Eutrophication, Forestry, One Health
  • Carbon sink2
    Climatology, Earth & Space Sciences · connects to Carbon cycle, Forestry
  • Climate change2
    Climatology, Earth & Space Sciences · connects to Climate, Climate science
  • Climate model2
    Climatology, Earth & Space Sciences · connects to Climate, Climate science
  • Cryosphere2
    Earth & Space Sciences · connects to Climate, Permafrost thaw

Insights from this view

Structural observations about the concepts shown here — descriptions of this graph, not claims about the world.

  • This view connects 25 disciplines: Agriculture, Anthropology, Biology, Biophysics, Cell Biology, Chemistry, Demography, Discrete Mathematics, Ecology, Engineering, Environmental Engineering, Environmental Science, Epidemiology, Evolutionary Biology, Linear Algebra, Mathematics, Network Science, Nutrition Science, Physics, Physiology, Public Health, Sociology, Statistical Physics, Systems Biology, Urban Planning.
  • Diffusion is a bridge concept — viewed here through Biophysics, Chemistry, Environmental Engineering, Environmental Science, Physics, Sociology, Statistical Physics.
  • The connections here span 4 relation families.
  • Networks explains 5 concepts in this view (Agriculture, Anthropology, Biology, Biophysics, Chemistry, Discrete Mathematics, Ecology, Environmental Engineering, Environmental Science, Epidemiology, Linear Algebra, Mathematics, Network Science, Physics, Public Health, Sociology, Statistical Physics, Systems Biology, Urban Planning).

Relationships as a list

The focused concept’s relationships. Pick another concept in the graph above to update this list.

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A lens is a deterministic projection of the graph. Pick a discipline, thinking pattern or journey to reframe the whole view.

By discipline

ChemistryBiologyPhysicsMathematicsComputer ScienceGeologyMineralogyEconomics

By thinking pattern

Bayesian updatingCause and effectCompoundingConservationConstraintsDefense in depthDiffusion & spreadEmergenceEnergy transformationEntropy & irreversibilityEquilibriumFeedback loopIncentivesInformationLevels & hierarchyModularityNetworksOptimizationOscillationProbabilityRecursion & self-similarityScaleSignal vs noiseSource–pathway–receptorStocks and flowsSymmetry & invarianceThresholds & tipping pointsTrade-offsTriangulationVariation & selectionWaves

By journey

From a Leaf to the ClimateWhy Music Moves UsHow Machines LearnReasoning about a Leaf and the Climate

Concept collections

Concept collections are curated lenses onto the fabric — themed sets of ideas that recur across disciplines. They are not journeys; they are a way to read the graph.

About this view

What this is

Start from one concept and expand outward. The view never shows everything at once — click a node to refocus, filter by relationship type, or switch to an accessible list.

One fabric

3750 concepts and 5051 typed relations form one connected component — no isolated silo.

How to read it

Focus a concept, or apply a lens (discipline, mental model, journey) to see only the threads that matter.