Description
Why do fireflies flash in unison, heart cells beat together, and vast networks of particles or people fall into rhythm? This engaging exploration examines synchronization as one of nature’s most powerful and surprising organizing principles, tracing its influence across physics, biology, mathematics, and everyday life. Drawing on the work of pioneering scientists and the emerging fields of chaos and complexity theory, it reveals how seemingly unrelated systems can display striking collective order. Elegant and accessible, the book offers a compelling view of mathematics as a tool for uncovering the hidden connections that bind the natural world.
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hardcover
Theia
Published Jan 1, 2003
338 pages
ISBN: 9780786868445
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First Published
2003
Language
eng
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