Indeed, the mechanical clocks, with their gears, springs, weights, and levers, may offer a handy Newtonian perspective on the various types of oscillatory behavior displayed by laser systems and modern electronic devices such as superconducting Josephson junctions. Peterson, I. 1998. Keeping the beat. Toon, J. 2000. Out of time.
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He is the author of The Mathematical Tourist, Islands of Truth, Newton's Clock, Fatal Defect, and The Jungles of Randomness.