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The best-selling guide to network science, the revolutionary field that reveals the deep links between all forms of human social life

A cocktail party. A terrorist cell. Ancient bacteria. An international conglomerate. All are networks, and all are a part of a surprising scientific revolution. In Linked, Albert-LàlÃ3rabà, the nation´s foremost expert in the new science of networks, takes us on an intellectual adventure to prove that social networks, corporations, and living organisms are more similar than previously thought. Barabà shows that 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. Just as James Gleick and the Erdos-RÃ(c)i 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 Barabà-Albert model.



Table of Contents:
The First Link: Introduction -- The Second Link: The Random Universe -- The Third Link: Six Degrees of Separation -- The Fourth Link: Small Worlds -- The Fifth Link: Hubs and Connectors -- The Sixth Link: The 80/20 Rule -- The Seventh Link: Rich Get Richer -- The Eighth Link: Einstein´s Legacy -- The Ninth Link: Achilles´ Heel -- The Tenth Link: Viruses and Fads -- The Eleventh Link: The Awakening Internet -- The Twelfth Link: The Fragmented Web -- The Thirteenth Link: The Map Of Life -- The Fourteenth Link: Network Economy -- The Last Link: Web Without a Spider -- Afterlink: Hierarchies and Communities -- Acknowledgments -- Notes -- Index.