Linked: How Everything Is Connected to Everything Else and What It Means for Business, Science, and Everyday Life

Network science written in simple language, so even non technical person like me cab understand

While I thought the book would expand further on the concept of 'six degrees of separation" it sort of started with a thumbnail sketch and digressed into IT Connectivity and Quantum Mechanics and Physics. My initial thought was crap, this is going to difficult, boring and too complicated. I persevered however and read it cover to cover and have a rudimentary understanding of a whole new perspective of connectivity in our world. Physics and I were never on good terms but I am glad I didn't knee jerk react and dump it or send it back. If you have a business or scientific background you might enjoy it. In this case the 5 stars are for the author and not diminished by my educational background.

ben confezionato e come descritto in fase di acquisto

While I had high expectations for the content of this book, and at some points felt I was getting close to being rewarded for reading the book page by page, in the end it felt like I was left largely empty-handed. The concept explained was long and windy even if quite useful to be aware of - it will likely lead you to come to a different conclusion sometimes when analysing for example potential investment opportunities..I would not recommend reading this book, rather try to find a summary which saves you considerable amount of time for the same benefit. The concept could have been explained in 10 pages max.

Barabasi surveys a familiar world of crowds and populations, molecules and atoms, clusters and hubs from a vantage point that will be new to the average enquiring mind. Networks, he says, enable us to understand complexity and his arguments are carefully deployed for a lay audience, well marshalled and absorbing. Not all networks affect us directly but more do than we imagine: some are a blessing others are downright dangerous. Its a new view of the human condition and a reassuring one given how frequently we grumble about an environment in which chaos seems to reign supreme. This is a rational and elegant study of a branch of knowledge that disperses the haze over a vast and varied expanse of human behaviour and seeks to civilise our outlook. It will explain a lot, rouse your imagination and it's well written.