Linked: How Everything Is Connected to Everything Else and What It Means for Business, Science, and Everyday Life
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| Rating | : | 4.12 (954 Votes) |
| Asin | : | 0452284392 |
| Format Type | : | paperback |
| Number of Pages | : | 304 Pages |
| Publish Date | : | 2015-03-21 |
| Language | : | English |
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Grasping a full understanding of network science will someday allow us to design blue-chip businesses, stop the outbreak of deadly diseases, and influence the exchange of ideas and information. A cocktail party? A terrorist cell? Ancient bacteria? An international conglomerate? All are networks, and all are a part of a surprising scientific revolution. Just as James Gleick and the ErdosRényi model brought the discovery of chaos theory to the general public, Linked tells the story of the true science of the future and of experiments in statistical mechanics on the internet, all vital parts of what would eventually be called the BarabásiAlbert model. . Albert-László Barabási, the nation’s foremost expert in the new science of networks and author of Bursts, takes us on an intellectual adventure to prove that social networks, corporations, and living organisms are more similar than previously thought
Show's the point in 100,000 words, when only 10,000 were needed. My Pleasure What it says is true and it is extremely informative (almost too much so) because each chapter is the same practically; and if you've studied much about networks or sociology at all, many of it is already secondary. Good book for people who want a lot of needless text.. "I found the book quite interesting. You don't need" according to Roger Doger. I found the book quite interesting. You don't need to be an expert math person to understand it. The book examines many types of networks such as webpages, citation networks, molecule delays, Airline Routing, Income Distribution, Popular Press Literature, Distance over which atoms communicate, Phase transitions in materials, and Experimental data. These are ex. Mapping the Internet Nick Danger This book is about the peculiar results obtained when the author set out to "map the internet". Just as we have maps of cities and towns it would be useful to know how to get from here to there via electronic means. One of the premises is that most people don't know that someone somewhere has produced information and published it to the internet unless your pa
"A sweeping look at a new and exciting science." —Donald Kennedy, Editor-in-Chief, Science Magazine"Captivating…Linked is a playful, even exuberant romp through an exciting new field." —Time Out New York