Archive for November 3rd, 2008

“SYNC: The Emerging Science of Spontaneous Order”

Monday, November 3rd, 2008

I finally resumed and finished reading Steven Strogatz’s book “SYNC: The Emerging Science of Spontaneous Order“.

Dr. Strogatz is a professor at Cornell University, and has had a prolific career examining complex systems in diverse fields such as circadian rhythms, Josephson Junctions, and “small-world networks“.  This book captures many of the stories of progress in these and related fields of today’s progressive minds.

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