Steven Strogatz

Steven Strogatz ( born August 13, 1959) is an American mathematician and the Jacob Gould Schurman Professor of Applied Mathematics at Cornell University.[3][4] He is known for his work on nonlinear systems, including contributions to the study of synchronization in dynamical systems, for his research in a variety of areas of applied mathematics, including mathematical biology and complex network theory. Strogatz is the host of Quanta Magazine's The Joy of x podcast, named after his book of the same name