Bursts - The Hidden Patterns Behind Everything We Do, from Your E-mail to Bloody Crusades (Paperback)

The bestselling author of "Linked" returns with a ground breaking new theory that will enthrall fans of "The Tipping Point"
Can we scientifically predict our future? It's a mystery that has nagged scientists for perhaps thousand of years. Now Albert-Laszlo Barabasi-the award-winning author of the sleeper hit "Linked"- explains how the digital age has yielded a massive, previously unavailable data set that proves the daily pattern of human activity isn't random, it's "bursty." We work and fight and play in short flourishes of activity followed by next to nothing.
Compellingly illustrated with the account of a bloody medieval crusade in sixteenth-century Transylvania and the modern tale of a contemporary artist hunted by the FBI, "Bursts" reveals that we are far more predictable than we like to think.

General

Imprint:	Plume Books
Country of origin:	United States
Release date:	May 2011
First published:	May 2011
Authors:	Albert-Laszlo Barabasi
Dimensions:	212 x 141 x 17mm (L x W x T)
Format:	Paperback - Trade
Pages:	310
ISBN-13:	978-0-452-29718-0
Categories:	Books > Reference & Interdisciplinary > Communication studies > Information theory > Cybernetics & systems theory
LSN:	0-452-29718-4
Barcode:	9780452297180

Is the information for this product incomplete, wrong or inappropriate? Let us know about it.

Does this product have an incorrect or missing image? Send us a new image.

Is this product missing categories? Add more categories.

Review This Product

No reviews yet - be the first to create one!