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Jun 03, 2014 social physics, the new book by alex pentland, a prominent computer scientist at m. I must confess, as a lapsed physicist, the title swung it for me, but i learned a lot from this book. How good ideas spread the lessons from a new science by alex pentland the penguin press, 2014 sensor rich mobile devices meet big data. Pdf, epub, mobi download free read social physics online for your kindle, ipad, android, nook, pc. In this video i provide a brief overview of what youll learn by reading this book. Jan 01, 2014 the book offers overview of a broad range of researches conducted at or led by alex pentland from mit, all connected by central idea of social physics. Pentland leads readers to the edge of the most important revolution in the study of social behavior in a generation, an entirely new way to look at life itself. Everyday low prices and free delivery on eligible orders. Social physics or sociophysics is a field of science which uses mathematical tools inspired by physics to understand the behavior of human crowds. Pentland, new york, ny, the penguin press, 2014, 300.
Women tend to do better at reading social signals, so groups with more women tended to do better see the social signals special topic box at the end of chapter 7. How good ideas spread the lessons from a new science pentland, alex penguin. Jan 30, 2014 social physics will change the way we think about how we learn and how our social groups workand can be made to work better, at every level of society. Pick up the key ideas in the book with this quick summary. Professor alex sandy pentland directs mit connection science, an mitwide initiative, and previously helped create and direct the mit media lab and the media lab asia in india. How social networks can make us smarter reissue by pentland, alex isbn. Jan 06, 2017 my christmas reading, based on a recommendation from someone attending a book launch in the us last month thanks whoever you were all a bit of a blur now was alex pentlands social physics. Download it once and read it on your kindle device, pc, phones or tablets. May 28, 2014 what is social physics and how it change our life by knowing how good ideas spread in a society and how we behave and produce effective growth slideshare uses cookies to improve functionality and performance, and to provide you with relevant advertising.
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