Nexus : small worlds and the groundbreaking science of networks /
Mark Buchanan.
- 1st ed.
- New York : W.W. Norton, c2002.
- 235 p. : ill ; 25 cm.
Includes bibliographical references and index.
Booklist. Choice. Library Journal.
Discusses research in "small-worlds" theory, which contends that networks, whether they be social or biological, interact according to a set pattern; and examines the theory's application to such topics as the global economy and the Human Genome Project.