TY - BOOK AU - Christakis,Nicholas A. AU - Fowler,James H. TI - 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 SN - 9780316036139 (paperback) AV - HM741 .C47 2011 PY - 2011/// CY - New York PB - Back Bay Books ; Little, Brown and Co. KW - Social networks N1 - 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 N2 - 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 ER -