LEADER 04864nam 22007815 450 001 9910739424703321 005 20251113184409.0 010 $a9783030822385 010 $a3030822389 024 7 $a10.1007/978-3-030-82238-5 035 $a(CKB)5590000000549888 035 $a(MiAaPQ)EBC6711402 035 $a(Au-PeEL)EBL6711402 035 $a(PPN)257351310 035 $a(MiFhGG)9783030822385 035 $a(DE-He213)978-3-030-82238-5 035 $a(EXLCZ)995590000000549888 100 $a20210824d2021 u| 0 101 0 $aeng 135 $aurcnu|||||||| 181 $ctxt$2rdacontent 182 $cc$2rdamedia 183 $acr$2rdacarrier 200 10$aHow Small Social Systems Work $eFrom Soccer Teams to Jazz Trios and Families /$fby Yair Neuman 205 $a1st ed. 2021. 210 1$aCham :$cSpringer International Publishing :$cImprint: Springer,$d2021. 215 $a1 online resource 225 1 $aThe Frontiers Collection,$x2197-6619 311 08$a9783030822378 311 08$a3030822370 327 $aPart I -- Introduction: On unhappy families, unsuccessful football teams, and grandmothers? intuition -- On the foxes of Leicester, underdogs, and Lady Fortuna -- ?There is no motherfucker who can stop (the flow of) time? -- Part II -- The enemy of art is the enemy of soccer: On constraints, Thai boxing, and love triangles -- How messy should you be to win a match? On the yin and yang of entropy -- Unique interactions: On chemistry in love and soccer -- How to identify the weakest link in the chain: From Sir Shackleton to Anna Karenina and the German national football team -- Discussion. 330 $aMost of us are intuitively familiar with small social systems, such as families and soccer teams. Surprisingly, though, most of us are unaware of how complex these systems are or of the fact that they have a unique character distinguishing them from both populations and individuals. The current manuscript, which emerged from high-level scientific publications on the subject, aims to bridge this gap in our understanding of small social systems. The book aims to explain, illustrate, and model the unique and fascinating nature of small (social) systems by relying on deep scientific foundations and by using examples from sport, movies, music, and the martial arts. To support its friendly exposition of challenging scientific ideas, the book also discusses entertaining questions such as (1) why inviting your mother-in-law to dinner might be a challenging event, for reasons you have never considered; (2) why soccer teams should be messy in order to win; (3) why Nazis are deeply wrong in their understanding of the importance of entropy; and (4) why ?panda fighters? failed in the UFC (Ultimate Fighting Championship). "How Small Systems Work is a welcome book, which sheds light on a branch of mathematics overlooked by scholars: how networks store information. Focusing on small systems, the book asks fundamental questions, providing the tools (and the examples) for answering them ?with fun. Neuman analyses, with plenty of humor, the dynamics of a family of cats, the pleasure of listening to jazz, and the science behind football championships, while uncovering hidden gems in the history of cinema? Dr. Mario Alemi, author of ?The Amazing Journey of Reason: from DNA to Artificial Intelligence?. 410 0$aThe Frontiers Collection,$x2197-6619 606 $aSystem theory 606 $aSports$xSociological aspects 606 $aMathematics 606 $aSociology 606 $aSocial groups 606 $aSocial sciences 606 $aSocial sciences$xStatistical methods 606 $aComplex Systems 606 $aSport Sociology 606 $aMathematics in Popular Science 606 $aSociology of Family, Youth and Aging 606 $aMathematics in the Humanities and Social Sciences 606 $aStatistics in Social Sciences, Humanities, Law, Education, Behavorial Sciences, Public Policy 615 0$aSystem theory. 615 0$aSports$xSociological aspects. 615 0$aMathematics. 615 0$aSociology. 615 0$aSocial groups. 615 0$aSocial sciences. 615 0$aSocial sciences$xStatistical methods. 615 14$aComplex Systems. 615 24$aSport Sociology. 615 24$aMathematics in Popular Science. 615 24$aSociology of Family, Youth and Aging. 615 24$aMathematics in the Humanities and Social Sciences. 615 24$aStatistics in Social Sciences, Humanities, Law, Education, Behavorial Sciences, Public Policy. 676 $a301 700 $aNeuman$b Yair$f1968-$0767616 801 0$bMiAaPQ 801 1$bMiAaPQ 801 2$bMiAaPQ 906 $aBOOK 912 $a9910739424703321 996 $aHow Small Social Systems Work$92813566 997 $aUNINA