Book description
'SYNC' IS A STORY OF A DAZZLING KIND OF ORDER IN THE UNIVERSE, THE
HARMONY THAT COMES FROM CYCLES IN SYNC. THE TENDENCY TO SYCHRONIZE IS
ONE OF THE MOST FAR- REACHING DRIVES IN ALL OF NATURE. IT EXTENDS FROM
PEOPLE TO PLANETS, FROM ANIMALS TO ATOMS. IN 'SYNC' PROFESSOR STEVEN
STROGATZ CONSIDERS A RANGE OF APPLICATIONS - HUMAN SLEEP AND CIRCADIAN
RHYTHMS, MENSTRUAL SYNCHRONY, INSECT OUTBREAKS, SUPERCONDUCTORS, LASERS,
SECRET CODES, HEART ARRHYTHMIAS AND FADS - CONNECTING ALL TRHOUGH AN
EXPLORATION OF THE SAME MATHEMATICAL THEME: SELF- ORGANISATION, OR THE
SPONTANEOUS EMERGENCE OF ORDER OUT OF CHAOS. FOCUSED ENOUGH TO PRESENT A
COHERENT WORLD UNTO THEMSELVES, STROGATZ'S CHOSEN TOPICS TOUCH ON
SEVERAL OF THE HOTTEST DIRECTIONS IN CONTEMPORARY SCIENCE. Steven
Strogatz is Professor of Applied Mathematics at Cornell University and
one of the world's leading researchers into chaos, complexity and
synchronization. His seminal reasearch has been featured in
Nature, Science, Scientific American, The New York Times, the New Yorker,
and the Daily Telegraph
.
