Sync: The Emerging Science of Spontaneous Order
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Sync: The Emerging Science of Spontaneous Order is a popular science book that explores how synchronization and collective behavior arise spontaneously in systems ranging from fireflies and heart cells to power grids and social networks.
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How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T12797662 — resolving that mention is where its identity was fixed. The disambiguator weighed these candidate entities and picked the highlighted one (or “None”, minting a new entity). This is how homonymy is resolved: the same surface form can point to different entities.
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Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Sync: The Emerging Science of Spontaneous Order Context triple: [Steven Strogatz, notableWork, Sync: The Emerging Science of Spontaneous Order]
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The Complexity of Cooperation
The Complexity of Cooperation is a scholarly work by Avi Wigderson that explores how ideas from computational complexity theory illuminate strategic behavior, game theory, and cooperative problem-solving.
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Searching for Order in the Complexity of Evolving Worlds
"Searching for Order in the Complexity of Evolving Worlds" is the guiding motto of the Santa Fe Institute, reflecting its focus on understanding complex adaptive systems across disciplines.
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The Founder’s Paradox
The Founder’s Paradox is a chapter in Peter Thiel’s book "Zero to One" that explores how successful startup founders often embody seemingly contradictory traits, resembling both heroic visionaries and potentially dangerous monopolists.
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D.
Consilience: The Unity of Knowledge
Consilience: The Unity of Knowledge is a 1998 book by biologist Edward O. Wilson that argues for the unification of the natural sciences, social sciences, and humanities into a single, coherent framework of knowledge.
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E.
Networks of the Brain
Networks of the Brain is a foundational book in network neuroscience that explains how complex brain function emerges from large-scale patterns of connectivity.
- F. None of above. chosen
- G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.
NED2
Entity disambiguation (via description)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Sync: The Emerging Science of Spontaneous Order Target entity description: Sync: The Emerging Science of Spontaneous Order is a popular science book that explores how synchronization and collective behavior arise spontaneously in systems ranging from fireflies and heart cells to power grids and social networks.
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A.
The Complexity of Cooperation
The Complexity of Cooperation is a scholarly work by Avi Wigderson that explores how ideas from computational complexity theory illuminate strategic behavior, game theory, and cooperative problem-solving.
-
B.
Searching for Order in the Complexity of Evolving Worlds
"Searching for Order in the Complexity of Evolving Worlds" is the guiding motto of the Santa Fe Institute, reflecting its focus on understanding complex adaptive systems across disciplines.
-
C.
The Founder’s Paradox
The Founder’s Paradox is a chapter in Peter Thiel’s book "Zero to One" that explores how successful startup founders often embody seemingly contradictory traits, resembling both heroic visionaries and potentially dangerous monopolists.
-
D.
Consilience: The Unity of Knowledge
Consilience: The Unity of Knowledge is a 1998 book by biologist Edward O. Wilson that argues for the unification of the natural sciences, social sciences, and humanities into a single, coherent framework of knowledge.
-
E.
Networks of the Brain
Networks of the Brain is a foundational book in network neuroscience that explains how complex brain function emerges from large-scale patterns of connectivity.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (48)
| Predicate | Object |
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| instanceOf |
non-fiction book
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popular science book ⓘ |
| aimsTo |
explain how order emerges spontaneously from chaos
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make modern nonlinear science accessible to general readers ⓘ |
| author |
Steven H. Strogatz
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Steven Strogatz NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| countryOfOrigin |
United States of America
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surface form:
United States
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| describes |
Kuramoto model of coupled oscillators
NERFINISHED
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bifurcations in dynamical systems ⓘ order parameters in synchronization ⓘ phase locking ⓘ synchronization in circadian clocks ⓘ synchronization in coupled oscillators ⓘ synchronization in power grids ⓘ synchronization in social networks ⓘ synchronization of fireflies ⓘ synchronization of heart cells ⓘ synchronization of neurons ⓘ |
| genre |
mathematics popularization
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science ⓘ |
| hasPart |
chapters on Josephson junctions
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chapters on cardiac pacemaker cells ⓘ chapters on circadian rhythms ⓘ chapters on firefly synchronization ⓘ chapters on laser arrays ⓘ chapters on power grid stability ⓘ chapters on social synchronization ⓘ |
| language | English ⓘ |
| mainSubject |
chaos theory
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collective behavior ⓘ complex systems ⓘ network science ⓘ nonlinear dynamics ⓘ phase transitions in dynamical systems ⓘ spontaneous order ⓘ synchronization ⓘ |
| mediaType |
hardcover
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paperback ⓘ print ⓘ |
| notableFor |
interdisciplinary treatment of synchronization
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popularizing the science of complex systems ⓘ use of vivid real-world examples ⓘ |
| publicationYear | 2003 ⓘ |
| publisher | Hyperion NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| targetAudience |
general audience
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readers interested in biology ⓘ readers interested in mathematics ⓘ readers interested in physics ⓘ |
How these facts were elicited
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Instruction
You are a knowledge base construction expert. Given a subject entity and a description of it, return factual statements that you know for the subject as a JSON list of dictionaries(triples), where keys must be "subject", "predicate" and "object". The number of facts may be very high, between 25 to 50 or more, for very popular subjects. For less popular subjects, the number of facts can be very low, like 5 or 10. # Requirements - If you don't know the subject at all, return an empty list. - If the subject is not a named entity, return an empty list. - Include at least one triple where predicate is "instanceOf". - Do not get too wordy. - Separate several objects into multiple triples with one object.
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Subject: Sync: The Emerging Science of Spontaneous Order Description of subject: Sync: The Emerging Science of Spontaneous Order is a popular science book that explores how synchronization and collective behavior arise spontaneously in systems ranging from fireflies and heart cells to power grids and social networks.
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