Linked: How Everything Is Connected to Everything Else and What It Means for Business, Science, and Everyday Life
Author: Albert-László Barabási
A cocktail party? A terrorist cell? Ancient bacteria? An international conglomerate?All are networks, and all are a part of a surprising scientific revolution. Albert-László Barabási, the nation’s foremost expert in the new science of networks and author of Bursts, takes us on an intellectual adventure to prove that social networks, corporations, and living organisms are m….Read More
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