Six Degrees: The Science of a Connected AgeW. W. Norton & Company, 17 feb 2004 - 384 pagina's The pioneering young scientist whose work on the structure of small worlds has triggered an avalanche of interest in networks. In this remarkable book, Duncan Watts, one of the principal architects of network theory, sets out to explain the innovative research that he and other scientists are spearheading to create a blueprint of our connected planet. Whether they bind computers, economies, or terrorist organizations, networks are everywhere in the real world, yet only recently have scientists attempted to explain their mysterious workings. From epidemics of disease to outbreaks of market madness, from people searching for information to firms surviving crisis and change, from the structure of personal relationships to the technological and social choices of entire societies, Watts weaves together a network of discoveries across an array of disciplines to tell the story of an explosive new field of knowledge, the people who are building it, and his own peculiar path in forging this new science. |
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... " Accessible and engaging .... A good introduction to the topic . " -Nature SIX DEGREES THE SCIENCE OF A CONNECTED AGE WITH A NEW CHAPTER DUNCAN J WATTS PRAISE FOR DUNCAN WATTS'S SIX DEGREES " Watts smoothly combines. Front Cover.
... by only six other people . Six degrees of separation . Between us and everybody else on this planet . " Ouisa , in SIX DEGREES OF SEPARATION , by John Guare Contents PREFACE CHAPTER 1 : The Connected Age EMERGENCE NETWORKS.
... CHAPTER 2 : The Origins of a " New " Science THE THEORY OF RANDOM GRAPHS 13 19 24 27 30 35 37 43 43 SOCIAL NETWORKS 47 THE DYNAMICS MATTERS 50 DEPARTING FROM RANDOMNESS 56 HERE COME THE PHYSICISTS ... 61 CHAPTER 3 : Small Worlds 69 WITH ...
... CHAPTER 5 : Search in Networks 130 132 135 139 146 SEARCH IN PEER - TO - PEER NETWORKS 156 SO WHAT DID MILGRAM REALLY SHOW ? IS SIX A BIG OR A SMALL NUMBER ? THE SMALL - WORLD SEARCH PROBLEM SOCIOLOGY STRIKES BACK CHAPTER 6 : Epidemics ...
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Small Worlds | 69 |
Beyond the Small World | 101 |
Search in Networks | 130 |
Epidemics and Failures | 162 |
Decisions Delusions | 195 |
Thresholds Cascades | 220 |
Innovation Adaptation | 253 |
The End of the Beginning | 290 |
The World Gets Smaller | 307 |
FURTHER READING | 313 |
BIBLIOGRAPHY | 347 |
INDEX | 363 |