How Small Social Systems Work: From Soccer Teams to Jazz Trios and Families (Hardcover, 2021)

Part 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.