Tuesday, September 25, 2007

SCICU Homework: Class 6/20

Barabasi: The Third Link pp. 25-35
Due Tuesday 10/2

Please respond to these questions on your blog:


1. What is the principle of six degrees of separation? What number of social links does any one person need to be connected to global society? p. 30

2. How is the fabric of society today different from pre-internet society? p. 31

3. How many more links separate any pair of web pages compared to people in society? What can explain the difference? p. 34

4. So far, what ranges of separation have network scientists discovered in different kinds of networks? p. 34

5. What does research suggest about the fundamentals of networks? p.34-35

6. What is your estimate of your personal number of connections to society? What connections are your strongest?

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