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Birds of a feather aren’t the only ones to flock together

A new book argues that the universe is an orderly place marked by harmony and cooperation. In an era of war, terror and chaos, his viewpoint sounds a bit curious. But if 'Sync: The Emerging Science of Spontaneous Order' is, well, out of sync with global news, it's certainly in tune with the scientific world.
Human affairs may be disorderly, but the rest of nature is humming along just fine, thanks to intrinsic properties that emphasize teamwork and synchrony from the atomic level up.