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Social Physics: How Good Ideas Spread--The Lessons from a New Science Alex Pentland
Publisher: Penguin Group (USA)

By Patrick Tucker, and Social Physics: How Good Ideas Spread — The Lessons From a New Science by Alex Pentland. Apr 29, 2014 - Lesson 3: I found myself veering between 'oh wow, this is a whole new way of seeing the world' and 'this is just describing what we do already in a new vocabulary'. May 27, 2014 - "In his book "Social Physics: How Good Ideas Spread - The Lessons from a New Science," he argues that human communication behaviors follow the rules of mathematics. Feb 6, 2014 - Social Physics: How Good Ideas Spread—The Lessons from a New Science. Mar 5, 2014 - On this episode Cristina and I discuss the new book by Alex Pentland called Social Physics: How Good Ideas Spread--The Lessons from a New Science. Well MIT Professor Alex 'Sandy' Pentland's new book “Social Physics: How Good Ideas Spread — The Lessons from a New Science,” seeks to answer just that. Jan 12, 2014 - Drawing on the complexity sciences, social physics, urban economics, transportation theory, regional science, and urban geography, and building on his own previous work, Batty seeks to introduce theories and methods that reveal the deep structure of how cities function. At two new books, The Naked Future: What Happens in a World That Anticipates Your Every Move? How do Alex Pentland created a new science to answer those questions and writes about what he has learned in this new book. Mar 14, 2014 - Ever wondered why some ideas spread and others don't ? Andrew Karvonen is Batty builds upon this overview by incorporating the latest ideas from complexity theory, systems theory, and computer modelling to visualise patterns of urban development.