Buchanan, Mark.

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.

Adult Follett Library Resources.

0393041530 (hardcover)

2002000518


Causality (Physics)
Pattern formation (Physical sciences)
Social networks.
Interpersonal relations.
Nuclear physics.
Physical sciences.
Physics--Philosophy.
Quantum theory.

QC6.4.C3 / B827 2002

530/.01