Sync - the Emerging Science of Spontaneous Order

Steven Strogatz

ISBN 10: 014100763X / ISBN 13: 9780141007632

Edité par Penguin, London, 2004

A propos de cet article

Theory that natural synchronisation governs the way we live. P/back, 338pp plus adverts, with b/w illustrations. Apart from yellowing page edges and neat initials insde rear cover, book shows only lightest signs of use. No spine craeases. Ref:082443.

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Détails bibliographiques

• Titre: Sync - the Emerging Science of Spontaneous Order
• Éditeur: Penguin, London
• Date de parution: 2004
• Langue: anglais
• ISBN à 10 chiffres: 014100763X
• ISBN à 13 chiffres: 9780141007632
• Reliure: Soft cover
• Édition: Reprint
• État de l'article: VG++
• État de la jaquette: N/a

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Synopsis

'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.

À propos de l?auteur

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.