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

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. 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. At the heart of the universe is a steady, insistent beat, the sound of cycles in sync. 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. These states may be observable in groups of sperm, Japanese tree frogs,Ĭolloidal suspensions of magnetic particles, and other biological and physical Predicts five collective states as possible long-term modes of organization. A case study of a generalized Kuramoto model And how does the probability of synchronization depend on the way the network is. Specifically, we consider oscillators whose phaseĭynamics and spatial dynamics are coupled. Here we explore systems in which both synchronization and Individuals move through space, but without conspicuously altering their Steven Strogatz can help to open our minds to this possibility with a book called Sync: How Order Emerges From Chaos In The Universe, Nature and Daily Life. Occurs among swarming insects, flocking birds, or schooling fish now the A complementary form of self-organization Individual cells or lasers coordinate the timing of their oscillations, but

O'Keeffe and 2 other authors Download PDF Abstract: Synchronization occurs in many natural and technological systems, fromĬardiac pacemaker cells to coupled lasers.

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Sync by Steven H. Strogatz