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Nexus: Small Worlds and the Groundbreaking Science of Networks – Mark Buchanan

Thoughts: I enjoyed reading Nexus - it offers a clear and approachable introduction to discoveries in the study of networks (or rather, the state of its study two decades ago). Solid book.

(The notes below are not a summary of the book, but rather raw notes - whatever I thought, at the time, might be worth remembering.)

Buchanan, Mark. 2002. Nexus: Small Worlds and the Groundbreaking Science of Networks. W. W. Norton.

1. Strange Connections

2. The Strength of Weak Ties

3. Small Worlds

4. Brain Works

5. The Small-World Web

6. An Accidental Science

7. The Rich Get Richer

8. Costs and Consequences

9. The Tangled Web

10. Tipping Points

11. Breaking Out, Small-World Style

12. Laws for the Living

13. Beyond Coincidence

Posted: Jul 27, 2022. Last updated: Aug 31, 2023.