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Steven Strogatz: How things in nature tend to sync up


About this talk

Mathematician Steven Strogatz shows how flocks of creatures (like birds, fireflies and fish) manage to synchronize and act as a unit -- when no one's giving orders. The powerful tendency extends into the realm of objects, too.

About Steven Strogatz

In his work in applied mathematics, Steven Strogatz studies the way math and biology intersect
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Why you should listen to him:

Steven Strogatz studies some of the most interesting problems in applied mathematics -- such as the intersection of math and biology, looking for patterns in the human sleep-wake cycle or in swarms of blinking fireflies.

More recently, he's been looking at nonlinear dynamics and chaos applied to physics, engineering and biology, and branching out into new areas, such as explorating of the small-world phenomenon in social networks (popularly known as "six degrees of separation"), and its generalization to other complex networks in nature and technology.

Recently, Strogatz' work has been in the news as British engineers released the definitive paper on the Millenium Bridge wobble, and its roots in how people walk on an unpredictable surface.

 

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"keep in mind that although it looks as if ahh, each individual is acting to cooperate what's really going on is a kind of selfish Darwinian behavior..." -strogatz

"even though it looks like they are thinking as a group, they are not."

 

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The power of the mind: happiness

it is at the very end of the video

 

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Talks Rives: A 3-minute story of mixed emoticons

 

[RodISHI]

Talking to yourself again!!

 

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Talking to yourself again!!

why not? I still have an audience.

 

[RodISHI]

Merely by happenstance and a possibility there could be something worthwhile reading in the thread.

 

[editec]

I like the TED series of lectures a lot.

The organization itself is rather arrogant, but I love their lectures.

 

[Truthmatters]

interesting stuff , thanks

 

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I like the TED series of lectures a lot.

The organization itself is rather arrogant, but I love their lectures.

arrogant? why not? in a world full of what passes for intelligent conversation....

come on, lighten up. you're about as arrogant a prick as I've ever come across (subtle) and it is what makes you charming.

 

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interesting stuff , thanks

like Building 19, good stuff cheap

 

[michiganFats]

Good Stuff. I wonder if Strogatz read a lot of Asimov. This reminds me of psychohistory in the Foundation series.

 

[Old Rocks]

Wouldn't be fun if Asimov were still arround to write an article on this sort of thing!

 

[dilloduck]

I like the TED series of lectures a lot.

The organization itself is rather arrogant, but I love their lectures.

Ahhh---I thought we were talknig about Turtle Exculsion Devices for a sec.

Turtle Exclusion Devices

 

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I like the TED series of lectures a lot.

The organization itself is rather arrogant, but I love their lectures.

Ahhh---I thought we were talknig about Turtle Exculsion Devices for a sec.

Turtle Exclusion Devices

cool. I've learned something new today.

 

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Michael Shermer

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