The tendency to synchronize may be the most mysterious and pervasive drive in all of nature. But only in the past decade have scientists come to realize that the study of synchrony could revolutionize our understanding of everything ... At once elegant and riveting, SYNC tells the story of the dawn of a new science. Strogatz explains how enormous systems can synchronize themselves ... Brian Greene, professor, and author of _The Elegant Universe_: "wonderfully lucid and thoroughly entertaining" Gilbert Strang, MIT: "a terrific book" New Scientist: "inspiring" Sync: The Emerging Science of Spontaneous Order |