Disrupted Networks

Disrupted Networks
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Publisher : World Scientific
Total Pages : 314
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ISBN-10 : 9789814304313
ISBN-13 : 981430431X
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Book Synopsis Disrupted Networks by : Bruce J. West

Download or read book Disrupted Networks written by Bruce J. West and published by World Scientific. This book was released on 2010 with total page 314 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: 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 on experiment and theory (data and knowledge) from the three-tiered science of experiment, computation and theory (data, information and knowledge) of the twenty-first century in everything from psychophysics to climate change. This book is unique in that it addresses two parallel lines of argument. The first line is general and intended for a lay audience, but one that is scientifically sophisticated, explaining how the paradigm of science has been changed to accommodate the computer and large-scale computation.The second line of argument addresses what some consider the seminal scientific problem of climate change. The authors show how a misunderstanding of the change in the scientific paradigm has led to a misunderstanding of complex phenomena in general, and the causes of global warming in particular.


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