Sync

How Order Emerges From Chaos In the Universe, Nature, and Daily Life

by Steven H. Strogatz

No cover — Steven H. Strogatz: Sync (2004, Hyperion)

Paperback, 352 pages

English language

Published April 14, 2004 by Hyperion.

ISBN:: 978-0-7868-8721-7

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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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xylogx@bookwyrm.world reviewed Sync: How Order Emerges From Chaos In the Universe, Nature, and Daily Life by Steven H. Strogatz

Interesting and eye-opening

5 stars

As an avid reader of science and math books who also has a degree in Physics and Maths, I often end up reading books about topics I have some level of familiarity with. This research into the science of sync was totally new to me. This was also my first Steven Strogatz book. His writing style is great. He is able to communicate the most complex of ideas using simple easy to understand language. I loved this book and am looking forward to reading other books by this author.