Neuman, Yair

How small social systems work : from soccer teams to jazz trios and families - Cham : Springer, 2021 - 178 p. ; ill., 24 cm - The Frontiers Collection .

Includes bibliographical references and index.

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 anda fighters failed in the UFC (Ultimate Fighting Championship).

9783030822378


Statistical physics
Sociological aspects
Sports sciences
Dynamics
Complex Systems
Sociology of Family, Youth and Aging
Mathematics in the Humanities and Social Sciences
Physique statistique
Anna Katenina Principle
Bounded rationality
Entropy
Fluctuation theorem
Game theory
Heuristics
Inreversibility
Ising model
Liebig's demon
Least effort,Principle
Shapley value
Thermodynamics
Social Psychology

301 / NEU

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