Linked: The New Science of Networks

Albert-László Barabási

280 pages, parution le 25/02/2003

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Résumé

The first book to explore the hot new science of networks and their impact on nature, business, medicine, and everyday life.
In the 1980's, James Gleick's Chaos introduced the world to complexity. Now, Albert-László Barabási's Linked reveals the next major scientific leap: the study of networks.
We've long suspected that we live in a small world, where everything is connected to everything else. Indeed, networks are pervasive—from the human brain to the Internet to the economy to our group of friends. These linkages, it turns out, aren't random. All networks, to the great surprise of scientists, have an underlying order and follow simple laws. Understanding the structure and behavior of these networks will help us do some amazing things, from designing the optimal organization of a firm to stopping a disease outbreak before it spreads catastrophically.
In Linked, Barabási, a physicist whose work has revolutionized the study of networks, traces the development of this rapidly unfolding science and introduces us to the scientists carrying out this pioneering work. These "new cartographers" are mapping networks in a wide range of scientific disciplines, proving that social networks, corporations, and cells are more similar than they are different, and providing important new insights into the interconnected world around us. This knowledge, says Barabási, can shed light on the robustness of the Internet, the spread of fads and viruses, even the future of democracy. Engaging and authoritative, Linked provides an exciting preview of the next century in science, guaranteed to be transformed by these amazing discoveries.

Contents

THE FIRST LINK: INTRODUCTION
THE SECOND LINK: THE RANDOM UNIVERSE
THE THIRD LINK: Six DEGREES OF SEPARATION
THE FOURTH LINK: SMALL WORLDS
THE FIFTH LINK: HUBS AND CONNECTORS
THE SIXTH LINK: THE 80/20 RULE
THE SEVENTH LINK: RICH GET RICHER
THE EIGHTH LINK: EINSTEIN'S LEGACY
THE NINTH LINK: ACHILLES' HEEL
THE TENTH LINK: VIRUSES AND FADS
THE ELEVENTH LINK: THE AWAKENING INTERNET
THE TWELFTH LINK: THE FRAGMENTED WEB
THE THIRTEENTH LINK: THE MAP OF LIFE
THE FOURTEENTH LINK: NETWORK ECONOMY
THE LAST LINK: WEB WITHOUT A SPIDER

L'auteur - Albert-László Barabási

Albert-László Barabási is the Emil T. Hofman Professor of Physics at the University of Notre Dame, and teaches and directs research on complex networks. His seminal and varied contributions have been featured and acclaimed in the media, including Nature (cover story), Science, Science News, the New York Times, USA Today, the Washington Post, American Scientist, Discover, BusinessWeek, National Geographic, The Chronicle of Higher Education, and New Scientist. He has been interviewed by BBC Radio, NPR, CBS, NBC, and ABC News, CNN, and many other media outlets. Born and raised in Transylvania, he now lives in South Bend, Indiana.

Caractéristiques techniques

	PAPIER
Éditeur(s)	Perseus Publishing
Auteur(s)	Albert-László Barabási
Parution	25/02/2003
Nb. de pages	280
Format	16 x 23,5
Couverture	Broché
Poids	530g
Intérieur	Noir et Blanc
EAN13	9780738206677