Driving forces in physical, biological and socio-economic phenomena : a network science investigation of social bonds and interactions
In recent years network science has become a dynamic and promising discipline. This multi-disciplinary 2007 book explains how it is possible to bridge the gap between physics and sociology through network theory. It will be fascinating to graduate students and researchers in sociology and econophysics.
Print Book, English, cop. 2007
Cambridge University Press, Cambridge, cop. 2007
xviii, 254 p. : il. ; 26 cm
9780521859103, 0521859107
912474866
Preface; Part I. Bridging the Gap between Physics and the Social Sciences: 1. Probing bonds; 2. The battle against noise in physics; 3. The battle against noise in the social sciences; 4. Equilibrium and metastable states; 5. Are the data reliable?; Part II. Macro Interactions: Societies and States: 6. Shaping the zeitgeist; 7. Bonds of vassalage; 8. The absentee ownership syndrome; Part III. Micro Interactions: A Network View of Suicide: 9. Effects of male-female imbalance; 10. Effect of weakened marital bonds on suicide; 11. Effect of social isolation on suicide; 12. Apoptosis; 13. Perspectives; References; Index.
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