Sync
The Emerging Science of Spontaneous Order
Published on 24. April 2003
Book
Paperback/Softback
352 pages
978-0-7139-9621-0 (ISBN)
Description
"Sync" is the story of a dazzling kind of order in the universe, the harmony that comes from cycles in sync. The tendency to synchronize is one of the most far-reaching drives in all of nature. It extends from people to planets and from animals to atoms. Steve Strogatz looks at human sleep rhythms, menstrual synchrony, insect swarms, superconductors, lasers, heart rhythms and codes, showing how self-organization produces our coherent world.
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Language
English
Place of publication
London
United Kingdom
Publishing group
Penguin Books Ltd
Illustrations
Illustrations
Dimensions
Height: 234 mm
Width: 155 mm
Thickness: 27 mm
Weight
524 gr
ISBN-13
978-0-7139-9621-0 (9780713996210)
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Person
Professor of applied maths at Cornell and one of the world's leading researchers into chaos, complexity and synchronization. His previous book, a textbook about chaos theory, is a true cult book within science.