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9780393325423

Six Degrees PA

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    9780393325423

  • ISBN10:

    0393325423

  • Edition: 00
  • Format: Paperback
  • Copyright: 2004-02-17
  • Publisher: W. W. Norton & Company

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Summary

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 this connected planet.

Author Biography

Duncan J. Watts is associate professor of sociology at Columbia University and an external faculty member of the Santa Fe Institute. He holds a Ph.D. in theoretical and applied mechanics and has published in leading physics and sociology journals. He lives in New York City

Table of Contents

PREFACE 13(6)
CHAPTER 1: The Connected Age 19(24)
EMERGENCE
24(3)
NETWORKS
27(3)
SYNCHRONY
30(5)
THE ROAD LESS TRAVELED
35(2)
THE SMALL-WORLD PROBLEM
37(6)
CHAPTER 2: The Origins of a "New" Science 43(26)
THE THEORY OF RANDOM GRAPHS
43(4)
SOCIAL NETWORKS
47(3)
THE DYNAMICS MATTERS
50(6)
DEPARTING FROM RANDOMNESS
56(5)
HERE COME THE PHYSICISTS...
61(8)
CHAPTER 3: Small Worlds 69(32)
WITH A LITTLE HELP FROM MY FRIENDS
70(4)
FROM CAVEMEN TO SOLARIANS
74(4)
SMALL WORLDS
78(5)
AS SIMPLE AS POSSIBLE
83(9)
THE REAL WORLD
92(9)
CHAPTER 4: Beyond the Small World 101(29)
SCALE-FREE NETWORKS
104(4)
THE RICH GET RICHER
108(3)
GETTING RICH CAN BE HARD
111(3)
REINTRODUCING GROUP STRUCTURE
114(4)
AFFILIATION NETWORKS
118(3)
DIRECTORS AND SCIENTISTS
121(4)
COMPLICATIONS
125(5)
CHAPTER 5: Search in Networks 130(32)
SO WHAT DID MILGRAM REALLY SHOW?
132(3)
IS SIX A BIG OR A SMALL NUMBER?
135(4)
THE SMALL-WORLD SEARCH PROBLEM
139(7)
SOCIOLOGY STRIKES BACK
146(10)
SEARCH IN PEER-TO-PEER NETWORKS
156(6)
CHAPTER 6: Epidemics and Failures 162(33)
THE HOT ZONE
162(3)
VIRUSES IN THE INTERNET
165(3)
THE MATHEMATICS OF EPIDEMICS
168(6)
EPIDEMICS IN A SMALL WORLD
174(9)
PERCOLATION MODELS OF DISEASE
183(4)
NETWORKS, VIRUSES, AND MICROSOFT
187(2)
FAILURES AND ROBUSTNESS
189(6)
CHAPTER 7: Decisions, Delusions, and the Madness of Crowds 195(25)
TULIP ECONOMICS
196(2)
FEAR, GREED, AND RATIONALITY
198(3)
COLLECTIVE DECISIONS
201(3)
INFORMATION CASCADES
204(3)
INFORMATION EXTERNALITIES
207(5)
COERCIVE EXTERNALITIES
212(1)
MARKET EXTERNALITIES
213(2)
COORDINATION EXTERNALITIES
215(2)
SOCIAL DECISION MAKING
217(3)
CHAPTER 8: Thresholds, Cascades, and Predictability 220(33)
THRESHOLD MODELS OF DECISIONS
221(5)
CAPTURING DIFFERENCES
226(3)
CASCADES IN SOCIAL NETWORKS
229(6)
CASCADES AND PERCOLATION
235(4)
PHASE TRANSITIONS AND CASCADES
239(2)
CROSSING THE CHASM
241(3)
A NONLINEAR VIEW OF HISTORY
244(4)
POWER TO THE PEOPLE
248(2)
ROBUSTNESS REVISITED
250(3)
CHAPTER 9: Innovation, Adaptation, and Recovery 253(37)
THE TOYOTA-AISIN CRISIS
254(6)
MARKETS AND HIERARCHIES
260(4)
INDUSTRIAL DIVIDES
264(3)
AMBIGUITY
267(3)
THE THIRD WAY
270(3)
COPING WITH AMBIGUITY
273(5)
MULTISCALE NETWORKS
278(6)
RECOVERING FROM DISASTER
284(6)
CHAPTER 10 : The End of the Beginning 290(17)
SEPTEMBER 11
292(7)
LESSONS FORA CONNECTED AGE
299(8)
CHAPTER 11 The World Gets Smaller: Another Year in the Connected Age 307(40)
FURTHER READING 313
BIBLIOGRAPHY 347(16)
INDEX 363

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