Six Degrees：The Science of a Connected Age

图书标准信息

• 作者 Duncan J Watts 著
• 出版社 W.W. Norton & Co.
• 出版时间 2004-03
• 版次 2
• ISBN 9780393325423
• 定价 194.60元
• 装帧 平装
• 开本 其他
• 纸张 其他
• 页数 368页
• 正文语种 英语

【内容简介】

Inthisremarkablebook,DuncanWatts,oneoftheprincipalarchitectsofnetworktheory,setsouttoexplaintheinnovativeresearchthatheandotherscientistsarespearheadingtocreateablueprintofourconnectedplanet.Whethertheybindcomputers,economies,orterroristorganizations,networksareeverywhereintherealworld,yetonlyrecentlyhavescientistsattemptedtoexplaintheirmysteriousworkings.Fromepidemicsofdiseasetooutbreaksofmarketmadness,frompeoplesearchingforinformationtofirmssurvivingcrisisandchange,fromthestructureofpersonalrelationshipstothetechnologicalandsocialchoicesofentiresocieties,Wattsweavestogetheranetworkofdiscoveriesacrossanarrayofdisciplinestotellthestoryofanexplosivenewfieldofknowledge,thepeoplewhoarebuildingit,andhisownpeculiarpathinforgingthisnewscience.

【作者简介】

AnAustralian,borninCanada,DuncanWattscurrentlyteachesatColumbiaUniversityinNewYork.HeistheauthorofSmallWorlds:TheDynamicsofNetworks:BetweenOrderandRandomness(PrincetonUniversityPress;1999).(20021018)--ThistextreferstotheHardcoveredition.