# Sync by Steven Strogatz

3 Hacker News commenters recommended Sync by Steven Strogatz and 0 criticized it, November 2025 to November 2026. It was recommended in 3 of 13 months.

**Verdict:** Recommended as a lighter but still fascinating introduction to Kuramoto oscillators and synchronization.

## Why people recommend it

- Introduces Kuramoto oscillators to readers (1 comments): "I learned about Kuramoto oscillators many years ago from a book called Sync" ([source](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=48680787))
- Lighter but still fascinating (1 comments): "something lighter but still fascinating" ([source](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=49054106))

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- [Cosmos by Carl Sagan](https://hackerapproved.com/p/cosmos.md): 13 recommend

## Where to get it

- [See price on Amazon](https://www.amazon.com/dp/140130446X?tag=hackerapprove-20) (affiliate link)
- [Bookshop.org](https://bookshop.org/a/130825/9781401304461) (affiliate link)

## Cite as

Hacker Approved, "Sync by Steven Strogatz", https://hackerapproved.com/p/sync/ (counts from 1,795,640 Hacker News comments, November 2025 to November 2026).