Connected : the surprising power of our social networks and how they shape our lives - how your friends' friends' friends affect everythşng you feel, think, and do / Nicholas A. Christakis and James H. Fowler.

By: Christakis, Nicholas A [author.]Contributor(s): Fowler, James H, 1970- [author.]Material type: TextTextNew York : Back Bay Books ; Little, Brown and Co., 2011©2011 Edition: First Back Bay paperback editionDescription: xviii, 338 pages, [8] pages of plates : color illustrations ; 21 cmContent type: text Media type: unmediated Carrier type: volumeISBN: 9780316036139 (paperback)Subject(s): Social networksLOC classification: HM741 .C47 2011
Contents:
In the thick of it -- When you smile, the world smiles with you -- Love the one you're with -- This hurts me as much as it hurts you -- The buck starts here -- Politically connected -- It's in our nature -- Hyperconnected -- The whole is great.
Summary: 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.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

In the thick of it -- When you smile, the world smiles with you -- Love the one you're with -- This hurts me as much as it hurts you -- The buck starts here -- Politically connected -- It's in our nature -- Hyperconnected -- The whole is great.

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.

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