The rules of contagion why things spread -- and why they stop
A deadly virus suddenly explodes into the population. A political movement gathers pace, and then quickly vanishes. An idea takes off like wildfire, changing our world forever. We live in a world that's more interconnected than ever before. Our lives are shaped by outbreaks - of disease, of mis...
Main Author: | Kucharski, Adam (Mathematician) (Author) |
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Format: | Books Print Book |
Language: | English |
Published: |
New York :
Basic Books,
2020.
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Edition: | First US edition. |
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Table of Contents:
- A theory of happenings
- Panics and pandemics
- The measure of friendship
- Something in the air
- Going viral
- How to own the internet
- Tracking outbreaks
- A spot of trouble.