Covid-19 Series: Nicholas Christakis
Channel: Room for Discussion
Date: 28/06/2020

Professor Christakis is the Sterling Professor of Social and Natural Science, Internal Medicine & Biomedical Engineering at Yale. He has been recognised as one of the top 100 most influential people by TIME and regarded as a top global thinker by Foreign Policy magazine. Professor Christakis's current research is mainly focused on  the rules governing how social networks form and the social and biological implications of how they operate to influence thoughts, feelings, and behaviours.

His two latest books are:

Blueprint: The Evolutionary Origins of a Good Society
Connected: The Surprising Power of Our Social Networks and How They Shape Our Lives -- How Your Friends' Friends' Friends Affect Everything You Feel, Think, and Do: 

And he also has a book coming out in October on the Coronavirus which you can pre-order: Apollo's Arrow: The Profound and Enduring Impact of Coronavirus on the Way We Live
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