The tendency to synchronize is one of the most far reaching drives in all of nature, extending from people to plaents, from animals to atoms. SYNC is the story of this dazzling kind of order in the universe, the harmony that comes from cycles in sync, written by the mathematician who created the science. Bestselling Comparison: In the tradition of books like FLOW, this book identifies a natural phenomenon and shows readers the implications it has in all agents of life. The hardcover edition of SYNC received advanced praise from some of today's leading scientists such as Brian Greene, author of The Elegant Universe, Philip Anderson, Nobel Laureate and Professor of Physics at Princeton University, and Gibert Strang, Professor of Mathematics at MIT. High Profile Author: With over hundreds of thousands of dollars awarded in grants, Steven Strogatz is one of the leading scientists in his field and a creator of the science of synchronization. He is the recipient of numerous teaching awards from such schools as Harvard, Cornell and MIT, including MIT's highest teaching prize, the E.M. Baker Award for Excellence in Undergraduate Teaching. He has also been recognized by the White House with the Presidential Young Investigator Award. Widespread Media Interest: Strogatz's research and theories have been featured repeatedly in the media; his work has appeared in the New York Times, US News &World Report, The New Yorker, Discover and Nature. He has also been interviewed numerous times by National Public Radio, CBS News, and the BBC among other mass media outlets. Mainstream Appeal: This book is for the mathermatically inclined, as well as for individuals without a scientific background. Withtechnology advancing at such a rapid rate, scientists are learning more about our world than ever before. The popularity of such television programs as "The Discovery Channel" and "Nova" proves that there is a real interest in how these findings relate to everyday life. Strogatz is the perfect author for this material. His ability to break down complex theories and apply them to daily occurrences will make this book an enlightening and fun read. Synchronicity, a science that is just beginning to be explored and understood, is a force that affects all cycles in nature, from the activity of our brain cells to the moon's orbit around the Earth. Steven Strogatz is a pioneer in this new world where the idea is chaos in sync: the spontaneous emergence of order out of chaos. Strogatz's research has found a common link in every variation of nature, from human circadian rhythms to superhot plasmas in the sun. The instrument that unravels its mysteries is mathematics. Based on his findings, SYNC is the first popular account of the diversity of synchronization and the power of mathematics to explore it. A journey across space and time, SYNC combines the vast body of work of distinguished scientists working across disciplines, continents, and centuries. From underground caves near Del Rio, Texas StrogatzSYNCpbk TFS where French scientist Michel Siffle spent six moths alone to track the sync patterns of his sleep-wake cycle to the home of Dutch physicist Christian Huygens, who in 1666 discovered two of his clocks swinging in perfect time, SYNC examines the natural occurrence for things to synchronize themselves. With fascinating insights, from why cultures take afternoon siestas to explanationsbehind heart arrhythmias and seizures, SYNC opens the door to the secrets of nature and ourselves.
