Linked: How Everything Is Connected to Everything Else and What It Means Export

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TY - BOOK ID - citeulike:105595 L3 - citeulike-article-id:105595 N2 - How is the human brain like the AIDS epidemic? Ask physicist Albert-László Barabási and he'll explain them both in terms of networks of individual nodes connected via complex but understandable relationships. _Linked: The New Science of Networks_ is his bright, accessible guide to the fundamentals underlying neurology, epidemiology, Internet traffic, and many other fields united by complexity. Barabási's gift for concrete, nonmathematical explanations and penchant for eccentric humor would make the book thoroughly enjoyable even if the content weren't engaging. But the results of Barabási's research into the behavior of networks are deeply compelling. Not all networks are created equal, he says, and he shows how even fairly robust systems like the Internet could be crippled by taking out a few super-connected nodes, or hubs. His mathematical descriptions of this behavior are helping doctors, programmers, and security professionals design systems better suited to their needs. _Linked_ presents the next step in complexity theory--from understanding chaos to practical applications. _--Rob Lightner_ SN - 0452284392 TI - Linked: How Everything Is Connected to Everything Else and What It Means PB - Plume KW - graphs KW - network KW - reading KW - theory AU - Barabasi, Albert-Laszlo PY - 2003/04/29/ UR - http://www.amazon.ca/exec/obidos/redirect?tag=citeulike09-20&path=ASIN/0452284392 ER -