Nicholas A. Christakis, James H. Fowler

Broschiertes Buch

Connected

The Surprising Power of Our Social Networks and How They Shape Our Lives -- How Your Friends' Friends' Friends Affect Everything You Feel, Think, and Do

Beschreibung

Renowned scientists Christakis and Fowler present compelling evidence for our profound influence on one another's tastes, health, wealth, happiness, beliefs, even weight, as they explain how social networks form and how they operate.

Autor

Nicholas A. Christakis is a physician and sociologist who explores the ancient origins and modern implications of human nature. He directs the Human Nature Lab at Yale University, where he is the Sterling Professor of Social and Natural Science, in the Departments of Sociology, Medicine, Ecology and Evolutionary Biology, Statistics and Data Science, and Biomedical Engineering. He is the Co-Director of the Yale Institute for Network Science and the co-author of Connected.

Produktdetails

• Verlag: Back Bay Books / Little, Brown Book Group
• Seitenzahl: 368
• Erscheinungstermin: 12. Januar 2011
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 211mm x 139mm x 29mm
• Gewicht: 322g
• ISBN-13: 9780316036139
• ISBN-10: 0316036137
• Artikelnr.: 29930748

Rezensionen

"Christakis and Fowler have written the book on the exciting new science of social networks. CONNECTED could change your life forever. How? Read it yourself and find out."-Daniel Gilbert, bestselling author of Stumbling on Happiness