Sync：How Order Emerges From Chaos In the Universe, Nature, and Daily Life

作者 Steven H. Strogatz著
出版社 Hyperion
出版时间 2004年4月
ISBN 9780786887217
定价 128.10

内容简介

Thetendencytosynchronizemaybethemostmysteriousandpervasivedriveinallofnature.Ithasintriguedsomeofthemostbrilliantmindsofthe20thcentury,includingAlbertEinstein,RichardFeynman,NorbertWiener,BrianJosephson,andArthurWinfree.Atonceelegantandriveting,Synctellsthestoryofthedawnofanewscience.StevenStrogatz,aleadingmathematicianinthefieldsofchaosandcomplexitytheory,explainshowenormoussystemscansynchronizethemselves,fromtheelectronsinasuperconductortothepacemakercellsinourhearts.Heshowsthatalthoughthesephenomenamightseemunrelatedonthesurface,atadeeperlevelthereisaconnection,forgedbytheunifyingpowerofmathematics.

作者简介

StevenStrogatzreceivedhisdoctoratefromHarvardUniversityandservedonthefacultiesofHarvardandMITbeforebecomingaprofessorofappliedmathematicsatCornellUniversityin1994.Widelyrecognizedforhisgroundbreakingdiscoveriesinchaosandcomplexitytheory,hehasreceivednumerousawardsthroughouthiscareer,includingMIT'shighestteachingprizeandaPresidentialYoungInvestigatorAwardfromtheWhiteHouse.HelivesinIthaca,NewYork.

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