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Rules of Contagion

Descripción del producto

An Observer Book of the Year
A Times Science Book of the Year
A New Statesman Book of the Year
A Financial Times Science Book of the Year

'Astonishingly bold' Daily Mail

'It is hard to imagine a more timely book ... much of the modern world will make more sense having read it.' The Times


We live in a world that's more interconnected than ever before. Our lives are shaped by outbreaks - of disease, of misinformation, even of violence - that appear, spread and fade away with bewildering speed. To understand them, we need to learn the hidden laws that govern them. From 'superspreaders' who might spark a pandemic or bring down a financial system to the social dynamics that make loneliness catch on, The Rules of Contagion offers compelling insights into human behaviour and explains how we can get better at predicting what happens next.

Along the way, Adam Kucharski explores how innovations spread through friendship networks, what links computer viruses with folk stories - and why the most useful predictions aren't necessarily the ones that come true.

Now revised and updated with content on Covid-19.

Sinopsis del producto

An Observer Book of the Year
A Times Science Book of the Year
A New Statesman Book of the Year
A Financial Times Science Book of the Year

'Astonishingly bold' Daily Mail

'It is hard to imagine a more timely book ... much of the modern world will make more sense having read it.' The Times


We live in a world that's more interconnected than ever before. Our lives are shaped by outbreaks - of disease, of misinformation, even of violence - that appear, spread and fade away with bewildering speed. To understand them, we need to learn the hidden laws that govern them. From 'superspreaders' who might spark a pandemic or bring down a financial system to the social dynamics that make loneliness catch on, The Rules of Contagion offers compelling insights into human behaviour and explains how we can get better at predicting what happens next.

Along the way, Adam Kucharski explores how innovations spread through friendship networks, what links computer viruses with folk stories - and why the most useful predictions aren't necessarily the ones that come true.

Now revised and updated with content on Covid-19.

9781788160209

Why Things Spread - and Why They Stop

Kucharski, Adam

Epidemiology; popular mathematics; popular science; pandemics A Very Short Introduction; best TED talks; ebola; zika virus; nate silver the signal and the noise; jared diamond guns germs and steel; freakomics steven d levitt stephen j dubner; Nicholas Nassim Taleb Skin in the game; Malcolm Gladwell Talking To Strangers; coronavirus; coronavirus mask; covid-19; world health organisation; Getting to Zero A Doctor and a Diplomat on the Ebola Frontline; self isolation; social distancing

Descripción del producto

An Observer Book of the Year
A Times Science Book of the Year
A New Statesman Book of the Year
A Financial Times Science Book of the Year

'Astonishingly bold' Daily Mail

'It is hard to imagine a more timely book ... much of the modern world will make more sense having read it.' The Times


We live in a world that's more interconnected than ever before. Our lives are shaped by outbreaks - of disease, of misinformation, even of violence - that appear, spread and fade away with bewildering speed. To understand them, we need to learn the hidden laws that govern them. From 'superspreaders' who might spark a pandemic or bring down a financial system to the social dynamics that make loneliness catch on, The Rules of Contagion offers compelling insights into human behaviour and explains how we can get better at predicting what happens next.

Along the way, Adam Kucharski explores how innovations spread through friendship networks, what links computer viruses with folk stories - and why the most useful predictions aren't necessarily the ones that come true.

Now revised and updated with content on Covid-19.

Sinopsis del producto

An Observer Book of the Year
A Times Science Book of the Year
A New Statesman Book of the Year
A Financial Times Science Book of the Year

'Astonishingly bold' Daily Mail

'It is hard to imagine a more timely book ... much of the modern world will make more sense having read it.' The Times


We live in a world that's more interconnected than ever before. Our lives are shaped by outbreaks - of disease, of misinformation, even of violence - that appear, spread and fade away with bewildering speed. To understand them, we need to learn the hidden laws that govern them. From 'superspreaders' who might spark a pandemic or bring down a financial system to the social dynamics that make loneliness catch on, The Rules of Contagion offers compelling insights into human behaviour and explains how we can get better at predicting what happens next.

Along the way, Adam Kucharski explores how innovations spread through friendship networks, what links computer viruses with folk stories - and why the most useful predictions aren't necessarily the ones that come true.

Now revised and updated with content on Covid-19.

9781788160209

Why Things Spread - and Why They Stop

Kucharski, Adam

Epidemiology; popular mathematics; popular science; pandemics A Very Short Introduction; best TED talks; ebola; zika virus; nate silver the signal and the noise; jared diamond guns germs and steel; freakomics steven d levitt stephen j dubner; Nicholas Nassim Taleb Skin in the game; Malcolm Gladwell Talking To Strangers; coronavirus; coronavirus mask; covid-19; world health organisation; Getting to Zero A Doctor and a Diplomat on the Ebola Frontline; self isolation; social distancing

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Epidemiology;popular mathematics;popular science;pandemics A Very Short Introduction;best TED talks;ebola;zika virus;nate silver the signal and the noise;jared diamond guns germs and steel;freakomics steven d levitt stephen j dubner;Nicholas Nassim Taleb Skin in the game;Malcolm Gladwell Talking To Strangers;coronavirus;coronavirus mask;covid-19;world health organisation;Getting to Zero A Doctor and a Diplomat on the Ebola Frontline;self isolation;social distancing

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Reino Unido de Gran Bretaña
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Wellcome Collection
28/01/2021
128128 X 194194 X 2020
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ISBN 9781788160209

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