The cosmic web and human networks
Neurons and nebulae
Self organization in space and society
Life cycles of stars and civilizations
futura Swipe stars into cosmic webs to discover how gravity mirrors our own social networks.
futura Human groups can organize themselves efficiently without managers, mirroring cosmic particle behavior.
Which online encyclopedia is a classic human example of decentralized self-organization?
Which famous open star cluster is a prime example of stars moving together without a single leader?
futura Cosmic Self-Organization
The cosmic web weaves, galaxies profound, Our cities and networks, all around. Self-organizing, from simple flows, Complex order emerges, and naturally grows.
futura Star clusters move in coordinated patterns that resemble flocks of birds or schools of fish.
Star balance: A star survives for billions of years because of a perfect tug-of-war between gravity pulling in and nuclear fusion pushing out.
What is the scientific term for order arising naturally in a system without a central coordinator?
A process where overall order arises from local interactions between parts of an initially disordered system without external control. In 2003, physicist Lee Smolin argued that cosmic structures and human societies spontaneously organize without external direction.