On Sun, 03 Aug 2008 07:35:51 -0700, Christopher D. Green wrote: >Allow me to recommend, once again, the book _Linked: How Everything >in Connected to Everything Else, and What It Means for Business, Sciences, >and Everyday Life_ by Albert-Laszlo Barabasi. Despite the somewhat >new-agey, holistic title, it is actually about mathematical network >theory, and has all kinds of applications to the "real world," >especially in the internet age. By the way, the "six degrees" idea did >not originate with Milgram, as many psychologists like to believe. It >instead dates back to a Hungarian author of the 1920s.
It may be easier for folks to access the website for Barabasi's lab which contains links and other info on his group's work on networks: http://www.barabasilab.com/ -Mike Palij New York University [EMAIL PROTECTED] --- To make changes to your subscription contact: Bill Southerly ([EMAIL PROTECTED])
