Bertrand M. Roehner

Driving Forces in Physical, Biological and Socio-Economic Phenomena

A Network Science Investigation of Social Bonds and Interactions

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Produktbeschreibung

a multi-disciplinary 2007 book on network theory for graduate students and researchers in sociology and econophysics.

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Produktdetails

• Verlag: Cambridge University Press
• Seitenzahl: 274
• Erscheinungstermin: 24. Oktober 2012
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 244mm x 170mm x 15mm
• Gewicht: 478g
• ISBN-13: 9781107411319
• ISBN-10: 1107411319
• Artikelnr.: 37463380

Autorenporträt

Bertrand Roehner is a Professor at the Institute for Theoretical and High Energy Physics at the University of Paris, France. He has written several books on econophysics, including Patterns of Speculation (Cambridge University Press, 2002).

Inhaltsangabe

Preface
Part I. Bridging the Gap between Physics and the Social Sciences: 1. Probing bonds
2. The battle against noise in physics
3. The battle against noise in the social sciences
4. Equilibrium and metastable states
5. Are the data reliable?
Part II. Macro Interactions: Societies and States: 6. Shaping the zeitgeist
7. Bonds of vassalage
8. The absentee ownership syndrome
Part III. Micro Interactions: A Network View of Suicide: 9. Effects of male-female imbalance
10. Effect of weakened marital bonds on suicide
11. Effect of social isolation on suicide
12. Apoptosis
13. Perspectives
References
Index.