Sync
Sync by Steven Strogatzby Steven H. Strogatz
Shares rank 33 of 50 popular science books by recommenders
Recommended as a lighter but still fascinating introduction to Kuramoto oscillators and synchronization.
Recommended as a lighter but still fascinating introduction to Kuramoto oscillators and synchronization.
3 people gave an opinion
- recommend it
- 3
- criticize it
- 0
- approval share
- 100%
Recommended in 3 of 13 months
- November 2025: not recommended
- December 2025: not recommended
- January 2026: not recommended
- February 2026: not recommended
- March 2026: not recommended
- April 2026: not recommended
- May 2026: not recommended
- June 2026: recommended
- July 2026: recommended
- August 2026: not recommended
- September 2026: recommended
- October 2026: not recommended
- November 2026: not recommended (month in progress)
Why it doesn’t carry the badge
- 3 people recommend itNeeds 10 or more, not met.
- Nobody criticizes itNeeds 2 to 1 or better, met.
- Recommended in 3 of 13 monthsNeeds 4 or more, not met.
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What people say about it
The reasons people give, with the number of comments that give each one. Open a reason to read what they said.
Why people recommend it
Each mark is one comment
Introduces Kuramoto oscillators to readers
“I learned about Kuramoto oscillators many years ago from a book called Sync”
Comment from 26 Jun 2026 in “Un-0: Generating Images with Coupled Oscillators” Lighter but still fascinating
“something lighter but still fascinating”
Comment from 26 Jul 2026 in “Systems and Delays”
Other popular science books people recommend
The four most recommended other popular science books, with the same counts for each, so you can compare like for like. The tick on each bar marks the 2 to 1 line the badge needs.
| Product | Recommend | Criticize | Approval | Months | Owned | Badge |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Gödel, Escher, Bachby Douglas R. Hofstadter | 47 | 10 | 82% | 10 | — | Approved |
| Thinking, Fast and Slowby Daniel Kahneman | 17 | 13 | 57% | 9 | — | — |
| Thinking in Systemsby Donella H. Meadows and Diana Wright | 17 | 0 | 100% | 8 | — | Approved |
| The Selfish Geneby Richard Dawkins | 14 | 5 | 74% | 8 | — | Approved |
| Syncby Steven H. StrogatzThis page | 3 | 0 | 100% | 3 | — | — |
What people said
3 of the 4 comments that mention it, newest first. Each links to the original comment.
“Much cheaper, better quality.”
“something lighter but still fascinating”
“I learned about Kuramoto oscillators many years ago from a book called Sync”
Counts come from 1,795,640 Hacker News comments, November 2025 to November 2026. How we count. Report a mistake.