Full name: Six Degrees: The Science of a Connected Age

Author: Duncan J. Watts Year: 2003 Rank: Rating: Original Rating: Pop Rating: Genres/categories: Science, Non Fiction Purchase/reserch links: LibraryThing Goodreads Amazon ISBNs: 9780393325423 0393325423

In this remarkable book, Duncan Watts, one of the principal architects of network theory, sets out to explain the innovative research that he and other scientists are spearheading to create a blueprint of our connected planet. Whether they bind computers, economies, or terrorist organizations, networks are everywhere in the real world, yet only recently have scientists attempted to explain their mysterious workings. From epidemics of disease to outbreaks of market madness, from people searching for information to firms surviving crisis and change, from the structure of personal relationships to the technological and social choices of entire societies, Watts weaves together a network of discoveries across an array of disciplines to tell the story of an explosive new field of knowledge, the people who are building it, and his own peculiar path in forging this new science. Similar books: Linked by Albert-Laszlo Barabasi Nexus by Mark Buchanan Small Worlds by Duncan J. Watts Astrophysics for People in a Hurry by Neil deGrasse Tyson The Hidden Life of Trees by Peter Wohlleben Mycelium Running by Paul Stamets This Phenomenal Life by Misha Blaise Parasite Rex by Carl Zimmer Knocking on Heaven's Door by Katy Butler The Big Fat Surprise by Nina Teicholz I Contain Multitudes by Ed Yong Parallel Worlds by Michio Kaku A Student's Guide to Maxwell's Equations by Daniel Fleisch Gravitation by Charles W. Misner Six Not-So-Easy Pieces by Richard P. Feynman Survival of the Sickest by Sharon Moalem Molecular Biology of the Cell by Bruce Alberts Psilocybin Mushrooms of the World by Paul Stamets Undeniable by Bill Nye How to Solve It by George Polya