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Six Degrees
The Science of a Connected Age
Book • 2003
In this book, Duncan J. Watts explores the science of networks and their implications across various disciplines.
He discusses the structure of small-world networks, scale-free networks, network searching, epidemics, and network failures.
The book includes case studies such as blackouts in the North American electricity distribution network, corporate board relationships, and the distribution of wealth in societies.
Watts also delves into the stories of the researchers who developed this science and their contributions to the field.
The book aims to make complex network theory accessible to a general audience by using real-life examples and avoiding heavy mathematical detail.
He discusses the structure of small-world networks, scale-free networks, network searching, epidemics, and network failures.
The book includes case studies such as blackouts in the North American electricity distribution network, corporate board relationships, and the distribution of wealth in societies.
Watts also delves into the stories of the researchers who developed this science and their contributions to the field.
The book aims to make complex network theory accessible to a general audience by using real-life examples and avoiding heavy mathematical detail.
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Luke Kemp as a book that contributed to his crisis moment of realizing the severity of climate change.
Luke Kemp as a book that contributed to his crisis moment of realizing the severity of climate change.
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Existential Risks: The Biggest Threats to Life as We Know It with Luke Kemp
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Mark Lynas as a book he wrote about the planet under different climate change scenarios.
Mark Lynas as a book he wrote about the planet under different climate change scenarios.
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Mark Lynas on Nuclear War
Mentioned in the podcast as the title of Duncan Watts' book about the six degrees of separation.
NETFRIX ep02: Is it really a Small World? The truth about the network
