Engagingly written for readers of books such as Chaos and The Elegant Universe, Sync is a tour-de-force of nonfiction writing.

Strogatz, Collective dynamics of 'small-world' networks, Nature 393 (1998), pp. From underground caves in Texas where a French scientist spent six months alone tracking his sleep-wake cycle, to the home of a Dutch physicist who in 1665 discovered two of his pendulum clocks swinging in perfect time, this fascinating book spans disciplines, continents, and centuries. 232 THE FIRST COMPARATIVE STUDY Duncan J. Synchrony is a science in its infancy, and Strogatz is a pioneer in this new frontier in which mathematicians and physicists attempt to pinpoint just how spontaneous order emerges from chaos. 1 2003 by Steven Strogatz (Author) 349 ratings See all formats and editions Kindle Edition 14.99 Read with Our Free App Audiobook 0.00 Free with your Audible trial Hardcover 19.27 8 Used from 6.31 8 New from 40.50 Paperback 20.18 5 Used from 9.49 10 New from 14. While the forces that synchronize the flashing of fireflies may seem to have nothing to do with our heart cells, there is in fact a deep connection. Sync: The Emerging Science of Spontaneous Order Hardcover Jan. Along the tidal rivers of Malaysia, thousands of fireflies congregate and flash in unison the moon spins in perfect resonance with its orbit around the earth our hearts depend on the synchronous firing of ten thousand pacemaker cells. These states may be observable in groups of sperm, Japanese tree frogs, colloidal suspensions of magnetic particles, and other biological and physical systems in which self-assembly and synchronization interact.At the heart of the universe is a steady, insistent beat, the sound of cycles in sync. A case study of a generalized Kuramoto model predicts five collective states as possible long-term modes of organization. We call them swarmalators, to highlight their dual character. Specifically, we consider oscillators whose phase dynamics and spatial dynamics are coupled. Here we explore systems in which both synchronization and swarming occur together.

A complementary form of self-organization occurs among swarming insects, flocking birds, or schooling fish now the individuals move through space, but without conspicuously altering their internal states. In the synchronized state, the individual cells or lasers coordinate the timing of their oscillations, but they do not move through space. Synchronization occurs in many natural and technological systems, from cardiac pacemaker cells to coupled lasers. Synchronized chaos - Sync in three dimensions - Small-world networks - The human side of sync.

Sync by Steven H. Strogatz