人際網路
6個人的小世界 豆瓣
6 Degrees: The Science of a Connected Age
作者: 鄧肯.華茲 (Duncan J. Watts) 译者: 傅士哲 / 謝良瑜 大塊文化 2009 - 8
「我從某處得知,在地球上,人與人之間只被六個人隔絕。六度的分隔,正是這個星球的人際距離。」--舞台劇《六度分離》中歐莎之語,作者約翰.桂爾(John Guare)
沒有一件事會毫無理由,憑空發生。在這連結的時代裡,什麼會發生、如何發生,彼此之間都是環環相扣的。頂頂有名的「六度分隔」理論,指的是任何兩個不相干的人,可經由六個人連結出某種關係。正因如此,世界顯得如此之小。而當世界僅以六度延伸,事情蔓延的速度與廣度遠超過你我所能想像。螢火蟲的發光、蟋蟀的叫聲,以及心律細胞的跳動,如何自動調節出同步頻率?單一病例,如何衍生為大規模的傳染病?新穎的觀念,如何造就時尚?個別投資者如何引爆投機泡沫,並傷及整體財務系統?面對隨機的意外或甚至刻意的攻擊,電路、網際網路等大型基礎網路又是何其脆弱?規範習俗如何在人類社會中開展維繫,並被推翻甚或取代? �歸根結柢,在極端複雜的世界裡,個別行為究竟如何集結成群體行為?新興的「網路科學」,指涉六個人的小世界,其實就是一切事物的原點。
Six Degrees 豆瓣
作者: Duncan J Watts W. W. Norton & Co. 2004 - 2
In this remarkable book, Duncan Watts, one of the principal architects of network theory, sets out to explain the innovative research that he and other scientists are spearheading to create a blueprint of our connected planet. Whether they bind computers, economies, or terrorist organizations, networks are everywhere in the real world, yet only recently have scientists attempted to explain their mysterious workings. From epidemics of disease to outbreaks of market madness, from people searching for information to firms surviving crisis and change, from the structure of personal relationships to the technological and social choices of entire societies, Watts weaves together a network of discoveries across an array of disciplines to tell the story of an explosive new field of knowledge, the people who are building it, and his own peculiar path in forging this new science.