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

图书标准信息

• 作者 Steven H. Strogatz 著
• 出版社 Hyperion
• 出版时间 2004-04
• ISBN 9780786887217
• 定价 128.10元
• 装帧 平装
• 开本 其他
• 纸张 其他
• 页数 352页
• 正文语种 英语

【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.