Sync: the emerging science of spontaneous order/ by
Strogatz, Steven
Sync: the emerging science of spontaneous order/ by Steven Strogatz - London: Penguin, 2003. - viii, 338 p. : ill. ; 20 cm.
Including Index. Illustrations by Margaret Nelson
'Sync' is a 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, 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 through 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.
9780141007632
Synchronization
Chaotisches System
Fireflies
Nichtlineare Dynamik
Alpha rhythm
Self-organizing systems
Systèmes auto-organisés
003.7 / STR
Sync: the emerging science of spontaneous order/ by Steven Strogatz - London: Penguin, 2003. - viii, 338 p. : ill. ; 20 cm.
Including Index. Illustrations by Margaret Nelson
'Sync' is a 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, 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 through 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.
9780141007632
Synchronization
Chaotisches System
Fireflies
Nichtlineare Dynamik
Alpha rhythm
Self-organizing systems
Systèmes auto-organisés
003.7 / STR