Linked

Name: Linked
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SKU: 9780465085736
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How Everything Is Connected to Everything Else and What It Means for Business, Science, and Everyday Life

By Albert-laszlo Barabasi

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Linked by Albert-Laszlo Barabasi explores the fascinating and pervasive world of networks, from social gatherings and terrorist cells to bacteria and multinational corporations. This groundbreaking book reveals that these seemingly different entities are connected by universal network principles. Barabasi, a leading expert in network science, guides readers through how understanding these networks could revolutionise business, medicine, and the spread of ideas.
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Linked is ideal for readers interested in science, technology, business, and social dynamics, particularly those keen to understand the emerging science of networks without heavy mathematics. It's well suited to both general readers and academics seeking an accessible introduction to network theory.

"Linked could alter the way we think about all the networks that affect our lives."-New York Times

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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-Laszlo Barabasi, 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. Barabasi 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-Renyi 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 Barabasi-Albert model.

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Praised by the New York Times for its potential to change our thinking about networks, and the Washington Monthly for making complex science accessible, Linked is celebrated for its elegant, clear writing by the Detroit Free Press. The Boston Globe highlights Barabasi's wide-ranging curiosity and engaging style, while the Washington Post calls it 'a lively look at networks through time.' The Christian Science Monitor named it a Best Book of the Year, emphasising its importance in explaining diverse networks with common concepts and mathematics.

Book Details

INFORMATION

ISBN: 9780465085736

Publisher: Basic Books

Format: Paperback / softback

Date Published: 24 June 2014

Country: United States

Imprint: Basic Books

Audience: Tertiary education, Professional and scholarly

DIMENSIONS

Spine width: 22.0mm

Width: 138.0mm

Height: 208.0mm

Weight: 320g

Pages: 304

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Albert-laszlo Barabasi Education & Reference Non-Fiction Science & Nature

About the Author

Albert-Laszlo Barabasi is a Distinguished University Professor at Northeastern University, where he directs the centre for Complex Network Research. He is also an associate member of the centre of Cancer Systems Biology (CCSB) at the Dana Farber Cancer Institute, Harvard University.