RecordNumber
6486
Author
Roehner, Bertrand M.
Title
Driving Forces in Physical, Biological and Socio-economic Phenomena : a Network Science Investigation of Social Bonds and Interactions
Publication
Cambridge University Press
Publication Year
2007
Collation
1 online resource (274 p.)
Notes
Description based upon print version of record , 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. , 11 Effect of social isolation on suicide12 Apoptosis; 13 Perspectives; References; Index.
Subject
Science -Philosophy , Social networks , Suicide - Social aspects , System theory
ADDED ENTRIES
TI
Main class
501
Cutter no
R713d