Editorial Reviews -
Linked
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From one of the seminal researchers in the field comes this highly readable explanation of how networks form the foundation of everything from human societies to the living world, physics, and much more. Interconnectedness as a framework for understanding has revolutionized such disparate fields as cancer research and business strategy.
Christian Science Monitor
A pleasure to read.
New York Times
Well written...an intellectual detective journey.
Time Out New York
Captivating...Linked is a playful, even exuberant romp through an exciting new field.
Detroit Free Press
Linked is the best choice for the layperson,because [Barabasi] minimizes the math and writes elegantly.
Nature Immunology
An engaging voyage into the realm of networks.
Network World
Time spent reading [Linked] will be among the most entertaining, mind-expanding, and thought-provoking hours you'll spend.
Washington Business Forward
Grounded in research...[ Smart Mobs is] well-written and concise and will leave you feeling a little more connected yourself.
Washington Monthly
Barabasi's research has some profound implications...An important guidebook.
Rain
Truly fascinating...Linked is a richly connected book.
Science Magazine - Donald Kennedy
A sweeping look at a new and exciting science.
A timely book.
Nature
The work is presented in a highly digestible form...Interesting and informative...(an extremely valuable contribution to the popular-science literature.
Seattle Times
[Rheingold] paints an excellent picture of a range of transformative technologies.
New Scientist
Enlightening...[An] extremely well-written entertaining account aimed at the intelligent lay audience.
Washington Post
A lively look at networks through time.
Publishers Weekly
Information, disease, knowledge and just about everything else is disseminated through a complex series of networks made up of interconnected hubs, argues University of Notre Dame physics professor Barab si. These networks are replicated in every facet of human life: "There is a path between any two neurons in our brain, between any two companies in the world, between any two chemicals in our body. Nothing is excluded from this highly interconnected web of life." In accessible prose, Barab si guides readers through the mathematical foundation of these networks. He shows how they operate on the Power Law, the notion that "a few large events carry most of the action." The Web, for example, is "dominated by a few very highly connected nodes, or hubs... such as Yahoo! or Amazon.com." Barab si notes that "the fittest node will inevitably grow to become the biggest hub." The elegance and efficiency of these structures also makes them easy to infiltrate and sabotage; Barab si looks at modern society's vulnerability to terrorism, and at the networks formed by terrorist groups themselves. The book also gives readers a historical overview on the study of networks, which goes back to 18th-century Swiss mathematician Leonhard Euler and includes the well-known "six degrees phenomenon" developed in 1967 by sociology professor Stanley Milgram. The book may remind readers of Steven Johnson's Emergence and with its emphasis on the mathematical underpinnings of social behavior Malcolm Gladwell's The Tipping Point (which Barab si discusses); those who haven't yet had their fill of this new subgenre should be interested in Barab si's lively and ambitious account. (June) Copyright 2002 Cahners Business Information.
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A sweeping look at a new and exciting science.
—Science Magazine
