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From Publishers Weekly
Strogatz is a Cornell mathematician and pioneer of the science of synchrony， which brings mathematics， physics and biology to bear on the mystery of how spontaneous order occurs at every level of the cosmos， from the nucleus on up. In this eminently accessible and entertaining book， Strogatz explores the mysterious synchrony achieved by fireflies that flash in unison by the thousands， and the question of what makes our own body clocks synchronize with night and day and even with one another. He explores the sync of inanimate objects， inadvertently discovered by Christiaan Huygens in 1665 when he observed that his two pendulum clocks would swing in unison when they were within a certain distance of each other. A case of spontaneous synchrony occurred on the 2000 opening of the Millennium footbridge in London when hundreds of pedestrians caused the bridge to undulate erratically as they unconsciously adjusted their pace to the bridge’s swaying-it was closed two days later. Strogatz explores synchrony in chaos systems， at the quantum level， in small-world networks as exemplified by the parlor game ?six degrees of Kevin Bacon? and in human behavior involving fads， mobs and the herd mentality of stock traders. The author traces how the isolated and often accidental discoveries of researchers are beginning to gel into the science of synchrony， and he amply illustrates how the laws of mathematics underlie the universe’s uncanny capacity for spontaneous order.
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Book Description
The moon spins in perfect resonance with its orbit around the Earth; millions of neurons fire together to control our breathing; every night along the tidal rivers of Malaysia， thousands of fireflies flash in silent， hypnotic unison. All of these astonishing feats of synchrony occur spontaneously -- as if the universe had an overwhelming desire for order.  The tendency to synchronize may be the most mysterious and pervasive drive in all of nature. It has intrigued some of the greatest minds of the twentieth century， including Albert Einstein， Richard Feynman， Norbert Wiener， Brian Josephson， and Arthur Winfree. But only in the past decade have scientists from disparate disciplines come to the stunning realization that the study of synchrony could revolutionize our understanding of everything from the origin of life to certain types of human behavior.  At once elegant and riveting， SYNC tells the story of the dawn of a new science. As one of its pioneers， 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.  Along with vivid explanations of cutting-edge theory， Strogatz provides an intimate and highly personal narrative filled with often humorous anecdotes about some of the visionary thinkers of our time. He also describes the startling applications of this new knowledge， such as the harnessing of synchronized electrons to create the world’s most sensitive detectors， able to locate oil buried deep underground and to pinpoint diseased tissues associated with epilepsy and heart arrhythmias. From life’s little curiosities to the grandest unsolved mysteries of science， SYNC explores such questions as: -- Why traffic jams can occur even when there’s no accident or other apparent cause
-- Why women roommates sometimes find that their menstrual periods occur in sync
-- What caused hundreds of Japanese children to fall into seizures while watching an episode of Pokemon
-- What triggers riots， fads， and mass hysteria
-- How synchrony in the solar system may have been responsible for the extinction of the dinosaurs
-- How consciousness arises from the interplay of millions of mindless brain cells  A tour de force of science and prose， SYNC reveals the hidden but beautiful order that governs the rhythms of nature and the rhythms of ourselves. 

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