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How Small Social Systems Work: From Soccer Teams to Jazz Trios and Families

How Small Social Systems Work: From Soccer Teams to Jazz Trios and Families

Neuman, Yair

Paperback

Series: Frontiers Collection

Sports GeneralGeneral MathematicsPhysics

Publisher Price: $49.99

ISBN10: 3030822400
ISBN13: 9783030822408
Publisher: Springer Nature
Published: Aug 26 2022
Pages: 178
Weight: 0.62
Height: 0.42 Width: 6.14 Depth: 9.21
Language: English

Most of us are intuitively familiar with small social systems, such as families and soccer teams. Surprisingly, though, most of us are unaware of how complex these systems are or of the fact that they have a unique character distinguishing them from both populations and individuals. The current manuscript, which emerged from high-level scientific publications on the subject, aims to bridge this gap in our understanding of small social systems. 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. To support its friendly exposition of challenging scientific ideas, the book also discusses entertaining questions such as (1) why inviting your mother-in-law to dinner might be a challenging event, for reasons you have never considered; (2) why soccer teams should be messy in order to win; (3) why Nazis are deeply wrong in their understanding of the importance of entropy; and (4) why panda fighters failed in the UFC (Ultimate Fighting Championship).

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