Sync: The Emerging Science of Spontaneous Order: How Order Emerges from Chaos in the Universe, Nature, and Daily Life - Softcover

Strogatz, Steven H

Softcover

ISBN 10: 0786887214 ISBN 13: 9780786887217

Publisher: Hachette Books, 2004

Synopsis

The tendency to synchronize may be the most mysterious and pervasive drive in all of nature. It has intrigued some of the most brilliant minds of the 20th century, including Albert Einstein, Richard Feynman, Norbert Wiener, Brian Josephson, and Arthur Winfree.

At once elegant and riveting, Sync tells the story of the dawn of a new science. Steven Strogatz, a leading mathematician in the fields of chaos and complexity theory, explains how enormous systems can synchronize themselves, from the electrons in a superconductor to the pacemaker cells in our hearts. He shows that although these phenomena might seem unrelated on the surface, at a deeper level there is a connection, forged by the unifying power of mathematics.

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About the Author:

Steven Strogatz received his doctorate from Harvard University and served on the faculties of Harvard and MIT before becoming a professor of applied mathematics at Cornell Universitty in 1994. Widely recognized for his groundbreaking discoveries in chaos and complexity theory, he has received numerous awards throughout his career, including MIT's highest teaching prize and a Presidential Young Investigator Award from the White House. He lives in Ithaca, New York, with his wife, Carol, and their two daughters, Leah and Joanna.

About this edition

• Publisher: Hachette Books
• Publication date: 2004
• ISBN 10: 0786887214
• ISBN 13: 9780786887217
• Binding: Paperback
• Number of pages: 352