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Autore |
West Bruce J |
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Titolo |
Disrupted networks [[electronic resource] ] : from physics to climate change / / Bruce J. West & Nicola Scafetta |
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Singapore ; ; Hackensack, N.J., : World Scientific, c2010 |
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ISBN |
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1-282-76373-3 |
9786612763731 |
981-4304-31-X |
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Descrizione fisica |
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1 online resource (316 p.) |
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Collana |
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Studies of nonlinear phenomena in life science ; ; v. 13 |
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Disciplina |
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Soggetti |
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System analysis |
Science - Data processing |
Electronic books. |
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Lingua di pubblicazione |
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Formato |
Materiale a stampa |
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Livello bibliografico |
Monografia |
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Note generali |
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Description based upon print version of record. |
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Nota di bibliografia |
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Includes bibliographical references (p. 271-287) and index. |
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Nota di contenuto |
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Preface; Contents; 1 Why a Science of Networks?; 2 Data; 3 Information; 4 Knowledge; 5 A World of Disrupted Networks; Glossary; Bibliography; Index |
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Sommario/riassunto |
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This book provides a lens through which modern society is shown to depend on complex networks for its stability. One way to achieve this understanding is through the development of a new kind of science, one that is not explicitly dependent on the traditional disciplines of biology, economics, physics, sociology and so on; a science of networks. This text reviews, in non-mathematical language, what we know about the development of science in the twenty-first century and how that knowledge influences our world. In addition, it distinguishes the two-tiered science of the twentieth century, based |
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