They sure like to use "The emerging science" as the subtitle of these books, huh.

This one specifically talks about the methods by how decentralized systems can synchronize themselves - fireflies, neurons in the human brain, bridges, pendulums, quantum particles, information between people.

While the subject is narrow (it is written by an academic specialist in the field rather than Emergence, which was a reporter interviewing multiple academics), the writing is quite accessible and thorough in the specific subject (again, written by a specialist).