Title Driving forces in physical, biological and socio-economic phenomena : a network science investigation of social bonds and interactions / Bertrand M. Roehner.

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Cambridge : Cambridge University Press, 2007.

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Description	1 online resource (xviii, 254 pages) : illustrations
Physical Medium	polychrome
Description	text file
Bibliography	Includes bibliographical references and index.
Contents	Cover; Half-title; Title; Copyright; Dedication; Contents; 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; 6 Shaping the Zeitgeist; 7 Bonds of vassalage; 8 The absentee ownership syndrome; Part III Micro-interactions: a network explanation of suicide; 9 Effects of a male-female imbalance; 10 Effect of weakened marital bonds on suicide.
Summary	Multi-disciplinary book on network theory for graduate students and researchers in sociology and econophysics.
Local Note	eBooks on EBSCOhost EBSCO eBook Subscription Academic Collection - North America
Subject	System theory.
	System theory.
	Science -- Philosophy.
	Science -- Philosophy.
	Social networks.
	Social networks.
	Suicide -- Social aspects.
	Suicide -- Social aspects.
	Suicide.
Genre/Form	Electronic books.
Other Form:	Print version: Roehner, Bertrand M., 1946- Driving forces in physical, biological and socio-economic phenomena. Cambridge : Cambridge University Press, 2007 9780521859103 0521859107 (OCoLC)141379284
ISBN	9780511286742 (electronic book)
	0511286740 (electronic book)
	0511286023 (electronic book)
	9780511286025 (electronic book)
	0511284446
	9780511284441
	0511285264
	9780511285264
	9780511611148 (ebook)
	0511611145 (ebook)
	1280909927
	9781280909924
	0521859107 (Cloth)
	9780521859103

Title Driving forces in physical, biological and socio-economic phenomena : a network science investigation of social bonds and interactions / Bertrand M. Roehner.

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