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Sync:TheEmergingScienceofSpontaneousOrder(PenguinPressScience)

内容简介

'SYNC'ISASTORYOFADAZZLINGKINDOFORDERINTHEUNIVERSE,THEHARMONYTHATCOMESFROMCYCLESINSYNC.THETENDENCYTOSYCHRONIZEISONEOFTHEMOSTFAR-REACHINGDRIVESINALLOFNATURE.ITEXTENDSFROMPEOPLETOPLANETS,FROMANIMALSTOATOMS.IN'SYNC'PROFESSORSTEVENSTROGATZCONSIDERSARANGEOFAPPLICATIONS-HUMANSLEEPANDCIRCADIANRHYTHMS,MENSTRUALSYNCHRONY,INSECTOUTBREAKS,SUPERCONDUCTORS,LASERS,SECRETCODES,HEARTARRHYTHMIASANDFADS-CONNECTINGALLTRHOUGHANEXPLORATIONOFTHESAMEMATHEMATICALTHEME:SELF-ORGANISATION,ORTHESPONTANEOUSEMERGENCEOFORDEROUTOFCHAOS.FOCUSEDENOUGHTOPRESENTACOHERENTWORLDUNTOTHEMSELVES,STROGATZ'SCHOSENTOPICSTOUCHONSEVERALOFTHEHOTTESTDIRECTIONSINCONTEMPORARYSCIENCE.

作者简介

StevenStrogatzisProfessorofAppliedMathematicsatCornellUniversityandoneoftheworld'sleadingresearchersintochaos,complexityandsynchronization.HisseminalreasearchhasbeenfeaturedinNature,Science,ScientificAmerican,TheNewYorkTimes,theNewYorker,andtheDailyTelegraph.

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