How Small Social Systems Work

From Soccer Teams to Jazz Trios and Families

Inbunden, Engelska, 2021

Av Yair Neuman

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Most of us are intuitively familiar with small social systems, such as families and soccer teams. The book aims to explain, illustrate, and model the unique and fascinating nature of small (social) systems by relying on deep scientific foundations and by using examples from sport, movies, music, and the martial arts.

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Utgivningsdatum2021-08-25
Mått155 x 235 x 16 mm
Vikt501 g
FormatInbunden
SpråkEngelska
SerieFrontiers Collection
Antal sidor178
FörlagSpringer Nature Switzerland AG
ISBN9783030822378

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Professor Yair Neuman (b. 1968) is the author of numerous papers and eight academic books published by leading publishers. He has been a visiting professor at various universities, such as Oxford, Toronto and MIT, and holds a full professorship at the Department of Cognitive and Brain Sciences, Ben-Gurion University of the Negev, Israel. His most recent book, dealing with mathematics and literature, appeared in a new book series published in collaboration with the Fields Institute for Research in Mathematical Sciences.

Part I.- Introduction: On unhappy families, unsuccessful football teams, and grandmothers’ intuition.- On the foxes of Leicester, underdogs, and Lady Fortuna.- “There is no motherfucker who can stop (the flow of) time”.- Part II.- The enemy of art is the enemy of soccer: On constraints, Thai boxing, and love triangles.- How messy should you be to win a match? On the yin and yang of entropy.- Unique interactions: On chemistry in love and soccer.- How to identify the weakest link in the chain: From Sir Shackleton to Anna Karenina and the German national football team.- Discussion.