Six Degrees by Watts, Duncan J. -- Read -- Imperial Library of Trantor

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Cover Praise Title Page Copyright Dedication Epigraph Contents PREFACE CHAPTER 1: The Connected Age

EMERGENCE NETWORKS SYNCHRONY THE ROAD LESS TRAVELED THE SMALL-WORLD PROBLEM

CHAPTER 2: The Origins of a “New” Science

THE THEORY OF RANDOM GRAPHS SOCIAL NETWORKS THE DYNAMICS MATTERS DEPARTING FROM RANDOMNESS HERE COME THE PHYSICISTS

CHAPTER 3: Small Worlds

WITH A LITTLE HELP FROM MY FRIENDS FROM CAVEMEN TO SOLARIANS SMALL WORLDS AS SIMPLE AS POSSIBLE THE REAL WORLD

CHAPTER 4: Beyond the Small World

SCALE-FREE NETWORKS THE RICH GET RICHER GETTING RICH CAN BE HARD REINTRODUCING GROUP STRUCTURE AFFILIATION NETWORKS DIRECTORS AND SCIENTISTS COMPLICATIONS

CHAPTER 5: Search in Networks

SO WHAT DID MILGRAM REALLY SHOW? IS SIX A BIG OR A SMALL NUMBER? THE SMALL-WORLD SEARCH PROBLEM SOCIOLOGY STRIKES BACK SEARCH IN PEER-TO-PEER NETWORKS

CHAPTER 6: Epidemics and Failures

THE HOT ZONE VIRUSES IN THE INTERNET THE MATHEMATICS OF EPIDEMICS EPIDEMICS IN A SMALL WORLD PERCOLATION MODELS OF DISEASE NETWORKS, VIRUSES, AND MICROSOFT FAILURES AND ROBUSTNESS

CHAPTER 7: Decisions, Delusions, and the Madness of Crowds

TULIP ECONOMICS FEAR, GREED, AND RATIONALITY COLLECTIVE DECISIONS INFORMATION CASCADES INFORMATION EXTERNALITIES COERCIVE EXTERNALITIES MARKET EXTERNALITIES COORDINATION EXTERNALITIES SOCIAL DECISION MAKING

CHAPTER 8: Thresholds, Cascades, and Predictability

THRESHOLD MODELS OF DECISIONS CAPTURING DIFFERENCES CASCADES IN SOCIAL NETWORKS CASCADES AND PERCOLATION PHASE TRANSITIONS AND CASCADES CROSSING THE CHASM A NONLINEAR VIEW OF HISTORY POWER TO THE PEOPLE ROBUSTNESS REVISITED

CHAPTER 9: Innovation, Adaptation, and Recovery

THE TOYOTA-AISIN CRISIS MARKETS AND HIERARCHIES INDUSTRIAL DIVIDES AMBIGUITY THE THIRD WAY COPING WITH AMBIGUITY MULTISCALE NETWORKS RECOVERING FROM DISASTER

CHAPTER 10: The End of the Beginning

SEPTEMBER 11 LESSONS FOR A CONNECTED AGE

CHAPTER 11: The World Gets Smaller: Another Year in the Connected Age FURTHER READING BIBLIOGRAPHY