Linked
Subtitle: the new science of networks
By: Albert-László Barabási.
Publisher: Perseus Pub.
Published: 2002
Place of publication: Cambridge, Mass
Language: eng
Number of pages: 280
Subjects: System theory; Science -- Philosophy; Computer networks -- Miscellanea; Social networks -- Miscellanea; Economics -- Miscellanea; World Wide Web -- Miscellanea
Genres: Miscellanea.
Description: "From a cocktail party to a terrorist cell, from an ancient bacteria to an international conglomerate - all are networks, and all are part of a surprising scientific revolution. At the beginning of the 21st century, a maverick group of scientists is discovering that all networks have a deep underlying order and operate according to simple but powerful rules.

This knowledge promises to shed light on the spread of fads and viruses, the robustness of ecosystems, the vulnerability of economies - even the future of democracy.".

"Now, for the first time, a scientist whose own work has transformed the study of "links and nodes" takes us inside the unfolding network revolution. Albert-Laszlo Barabasi traces the fascinating history of connected systems, beginning with Swiss mathematician Leonhard Euler's first forays into graph theory in the late 1700s and culminating in biologists' development of cancer drugs based on a new understanding of cellular networks."--BOOK JACKET.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references (p. 231-265) and index.