Habib's Garden
Connecting People to Weave a Better World
It is with great sadness that we report the death of Steve Habib Rose. A number of us met this evening and thought that this group would be a fitting tribute. Lets use this group to recognize, honor and appreciate the many gifts and blessings he bestowed on so many of us. Please add yourself and your reflections.
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Created: Sep 26, 2007
Updated: Jul 22, 2009
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Linked: The New Science of Networks
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At the beginning of the 21st century, a maverick group of scientists is discovering that all networks have a deep underlying order and operate according to simple but powerful rules. Knowledge of the structure and behavior of these networks illuminates everything from the vulnerability of economies to the ways that diseases are spread. In Linked, László Barabási takes us inside this unfolding network revolution. He traces the history of connected systems, beginning with Swiss mathematician Leonhard Euler's first forays into graph theory in the late 1700s and culminating in biologists' development of cancer drugs based on a new understanding of cellular networks. Barabási introduces us to modern-day cartographers who, aided by super-computers, are mapping networks in a variety of scientific disciplines. We find out why an obscure finding of Einstein's could change the way we look at the networks in our own lives, and even learn what it would take to bring down a terrorist organization like al Qaeda. Engaging and authoritative, Linkedprovides an exciting preview of the next century in science, guaranteed to be transformed by these amazing discoveries.
