Weak Links The Universal Key to the Stability of Networks and Complex Systems /

• Main Author: Csermely, Peter (Author)
• Corporate Author: SpringerLink (Online service)
• Format: Electronic eBook
• Language: English
• Published: Berlin, Heidelberg : Springer Berlin Heidelberg, 2009.
• Series: The Frontiers Collection,
• Subjects: Physics.; Proteomics.; Biophysics.; Biological physics.; Statistical physics.; Dynamical systems.; Popular works.; Nature.; Environment.; Geoecology.; Environmental geology.; Statistical Physics, Dynamical Systems and Complexity.; Popular Science in Nature and Environment.; Biophysics and Biological Physics.; Popular Science, general.; Geoecology/Natural Processes.

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Table of Contents:

• A Principle is Born: The Granovetter Study
• Why Do We Like Networks?
• Network Stability
• Weak Links as Stabilizers of Complex Systems
• Atoms, Molecules and Macromolecules
• Weak Links and Cellular Stability
• Weak Links and the Stability of Organisms
• Social Nets
• Networks of Human Culture
• The Global Web
• The Ecoweb
• Conclusions and Perspectives.