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Paperback. Pub Date: 2003 Pages: 238 Publisher: WW Norton & Co. If you ever wanted to know how many links the connect you and the Pope. or why when the U.S. Federal Reserve Bank Sneezes the global Economy catches cold. read this book. writes John L. Casti (Santa Fe Institute). This cogent and engaging (Nature) work presents the fundamental principles of the emerging field of small-worlds theory-the idea that a hidden pattern is the key to how networks interact and exchange information. whether that network is the information highway or the firing of neurons in the ain. Mathematicians. physicists. computer scientists. and social scientists are working to decipher this complex organizational system. for it may yield a blueprint of dynamic interactions within our physical as well as social worlds. Highlighting groundeaking research behind network theory. Mark Buchanan's gracefu...
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"An intriguing, accessible look at the mathematics behind the 'six degrees of separation' theory."
An intriguing, accessible look at the mathematics behind the 'six degrees of separation' theory. "
Finally, a readable, simple explanation of one of the most surprising rules of complex networks.--John L. Casti, author of Mathematical Mountaintops: The Five Most Famous Problems of All Time
[G]raceful, lucid, nontechnical and entertaining prose....A remarkable achievement.--Mark Granovetter, Joan Butler Ford Professor of Sociology, Stanford University
Buchanan peels away a veneer of complexity to reveal the simple scaffolding that holds our society together.--Richard Stone, author of Mammoth: The Resurrection of an Ice Age Giant
The consequences of this new world view are profound--and at times disturbing.--Richard Stone
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Mark Buchanan is a science writer and holds a doctorate in physics. He has been an editor at Nature and New Scientist. He lives in France.
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- PublisherW. W. Norton & Company
- Publication date2003
- ISBN 10 0393324427
- ISBN 13 9780393324426
- BindingPaperback
- Number of pages240
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