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Social Physics: How Good Ideas Spread--The Lessons from a New Science by Alex Pentland

Social Physics: How Good Ideas Spread--The Lessons from a New Science Alex Pentland ebook
Publisher: Penguin Group (USA)
Page: 320
Format: pdf
ISBN: 9781594205651

Mar 27, 2014 - A physics background will make you better prepared for the math of econ than someone who was a pure econ major in undergrad (though not better than the econ/math majors that you often see nowadays). Jul 28, 2013 - This article which has just appeared in Science Daily (http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2011/07/110725190044.htm) provides a good idea of the dimensions of the task before us. But one Positivist assumptions provided the epistemological foundations for Social Darwinism and pop-evolutionary notions of progress, as well as for scientific racism and imperialism. Aug 7, 2013 - Not only did many of them contribute to mathematics, physics, and physiology, but all of them were avid theorists in the sciences of human nature. May 13, 2014 - When his new book “Social Physics: How Good Ideas Spread – Lessons from a New Science” coincided with the Easter holiday break, what better way to spend the break than to consume another Pentland tome? The class will serve a variety of students well, not only offering those interested in the sciences a solid understanding of the subject matter, but also students hesitant to take an AP physics class enough time to learn the content. Scientists use physical modeling and empirical validation to trace how networks shrink and grow depending on the actions of both random nodes and well-connected nodes. I think in terms of social physics: growth processes within networks” p. May 29, 2014 - This was basically a big sales pitch for Alex Pentland's new book, Social Physics How Good Ideas Spread–The Lessons from a New Science. The course itself is entirely free of content. Apr 2, 2014 - A new curriculum framework was also developed for the two courses by the AP program, and will be “organized around seven foundational big ideas in physics that structure the courses,” according to College Board. Frequently, these changes in trends are triggered by a few innovators who rapidly impose their ideas through “viral” influence spreading, producing cascades of followers and fragmenting an old network to create a new one. May 1, 2014 - Between the Lab and the Field: Xygalatas and the Science of Extreme Rituals, by Justin Lane. One would think that writers in the humanities would be delighted and energized by the efflorescence of new ideas from the sciences. Feb 10, 2014 - Social Physics: How Good Ideas Spread—The Lessons from a New Science: Amazon.fr: Alex Pentland: Livres anglais et étrangers. €�Most people think in relatively static terms…. Something I don't quite understand about this discussion is why physicists cite their more expansive mathematical repertoire as the primary reason they'd have new ideas to contribute to econ. Social Physics: How Good Ideas Spread-The Lessons from a New Science. Otherwise it spreads prejudice against the work of others.