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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-László Barabási, 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. Barabási 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-Rényi 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 Barabási-Albert model.

ISBN-13: 9780465085736

Media Type: Paperback

Publisher: Basic Books

Publication Date: 06-24-2014

Pages: 304

Product Dimensions: 5.50(w) x 8.10(h) x 0.80(d)

Age Range: 18 Years

Albert-László Barabási is the Robert Gray Dodge Professor of Network Science and a Distinguished University Professor at Northeastern University, where he directs the Center for Complex Network Research and holds appointments in the Department of Medicine at Harvard Medical School and the Central European University in Budapest. A native of Transylvania, Romania, he received his Masters in Theoretical Physics at the Eötvös University in Budapest, Hungary and Ph.D. at Boston University. His previous work includes Bursts: The Hidden Pattern Behind Everything We Do (Dutton, 2010), which is available in five languages, and Linked: The New Science of Networks (Perseus, 2002), which is available in fifteen languages. Barbási is the author of Network Science (Cambridge, 2016) and the co-editor of The Structure and Dynamics of Networks (Princeton, 2005). His work has led to many breakthroughs, including the discovery of scale-free networks in 1999, which continues to make him one of the most cited scientists today.

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This book has a simple message: think networks. It is about how networks emerge, what they look like, and how they evolve. It aims to develop a web-based view of nature, society, and technology, providing a unified framework to better understand issues ranging from the vulnerability of the Internet to the spread of diseases. Networks are present everywhere. All we need is an eye for them...We will see the challenges doctors face when they attempt to cure a disease by focusing on a single molecule or gene, disregarding the complex interconnected nature of the living matter. We will see that hackers are not alone in attacking networks: we all play Goliath, firing shots at a fragile ecological network that, without further support, could soon replicate our worst nightmares by turning us into an isolated group of species...Linked is meant to be an eye-opening trip that challenges you to walk across disciplines by stepping out of the box of reductionism. It is an invitation to explore link by link the next scientific revolution: the new science of networks.

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A sweeping look at a new and exciting science.
—Science Magazine

Table of Contents

The First Link: Introduction 1

The Second Link: The Random Universe 9

The Third Link: Six Degrees of Separation 25

The Fourth Link: Small Worlds 41

The Fifth Link: Hubs and Connectors 55

The Sixth Link: The 80/20 Rule 65

The Seventh Link: Rich Get Richer 79

The Eighth Link: Einstein's Legacy 93

The Ninth Link: Achilles' Heel 109

The Tenth Link: Viruses and Fads 123

The Eleventh Link: The Awakening Internet 143

The Twelfth Link: The Fragmented Web 161

The Thirteenth Link: The Map Of Life 179

The Fourteenth Link: Network Economy 199

The Last Link: Web Without a Spider 219

Afterlink: Hierarchies and Communities 227

Acknowledgments 239

Notes 243

Index 281