The Power of Networks

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"Christopher Brinton and Mung Chiang offer an open and accessible pathway through the complexity of network design and deployment, and offer a readily understood, yet commendably deep, analysis of the technology and its operation... A key strength of this study is its depth, for while the topics themselves are often apparently straightforward ... the authors are admirably keen to drill down into the really important detail on which networks are founded, ensuring that we gain a real grasp of how the essential structures behave and operate... In a world in which it is increasingly difficult to live without a profoundly intimate relationship with digital networks--whether you like it or not--the material presented in this text could usefully form a universal part of public education... To describe this book as a course in digital citizenship would not be to overstate its importance."--John Gilbey, Times Higher Education "The Power of Networks is a nice book that I believe many readers will enjoy, especially readers interested in modern technology, engineering and innovation. For readers that are more mathematically inclined, it also does a nice job of explaining important topics from mathematics, such random graphs and the Watts-Strogatz theory, and what these ideas have to do with networks. If you have any interest in network theory at all, I recommend this book."--Jason M. Graham, MAA Reviews "Authoritative but accessible... Pitched perfectly at the reader with a background in technology who's interested in finding out more about the principles that underpin so much of daily life... This isn't a superficial book though, and the easily grasped comparisons lead on to an in-depth treatment, though without the maths of a full-blown text book."--Dominic Lenton, Engineering and Technology "If your job demands it or if you're simply interested in learning about how networks function under the hood, [The Power of Networks] is a great introduction."--Tibi Puiu, ZME Science