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Roehner, Bertrand M.

Cambridge University Press

2007

1 online resource (274 p.)

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.

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