Six Degrees: The Science of a Connected AgeW. W. Norton & Company, 17 feb 2004 - 384 pagine 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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... SOCIAL NETWORKS 47 THE DYNAMICS MATTERS 50 DEPARTING FROM RANDOMNESS 56 HERE COME THE PHYSICISTS ... 61 CHAPTER 3 : Small Worlds 69 WITH A LITTLE HELP FROM MY FRIENDS 70 FROM CAVEMEN TO SOLARIANS 74 SMALL WORLDS 78 AS SIMPLE AS POSSIBLE ...
... NETWORKS 118 DIRECTORS AND SCIENTISTS 121 125 COMPLICATIONS CHAPTER 5 : Search in Networks 130 132 135 139 146 ... SOCIAL DECISION MAKING 217 CHAPTER 8 : Thresholds , Cascades , and Predictability 220 10 . CONTENTS.
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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 |