TY  - BOOK
AU  - Strogatz, Steven
TI  - Sync: : the emerging science of spontaneous order/ by 
SN  - 9780141007632
U1  - 003.7  
PY  - 2003///.
CY  - London: 
PB  - Penguin, 
KW  - Synchronization
KW  -  Chaotisches System
KW  - Fireflies
KW  - Nichtlineare Dynamik
KW  - Alpha rhythm
KW  - Self-organizing systems
KW  - Systèmes auto-organisés
N1  - Including Index.; Illustrations by Margaret Nelson
N2  - '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
ER  -