ISBN: 9780525951605 - bursts: the hidden pattern behind everything we do (13 Ergebnisse)

Hardback. Zustand: Good. 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-L szl Barab si-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.…

Hardback. Zustand: Very Good. 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-L szl Barab si-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.…

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hardcover. Zustand: Fine copy in fine dust jacket. 1st. 8vo, 310 pp. Illustrated (illustrator).

Hardcover. Zustand: Like New. First Edition. First Edition, First Printing. Not price-clipped. Published by Dutton, 2010. Octavo. Hardcover. Book is like new with previous owner name on flyleaf. Dust jacket is like new with previous seller sticker on back cover.100% positive feedback. 30 day money back guarantee. NEXT DAY SHIPPING! Excellent customer service. Please email with any questions. All books packed carefully and ship with free delivery confirmation/tracking. All books come with free bookmarks. Ships from Sag Harbor, New York.…

Hardcover. Zustand: Like New. First Edition. First Edition, First Printing. Not price-clipped. Published by Dutton, 2010. Octavo. Hardcover. Book is like new with a light spine lean. Dust jacket is like new.100% positive feedback. 30 day money back guarantee. NEXT DAY SHIPPING! Excellent customer service. Please email with any questions. All books packed carefully and ship with free delivery confirmation/tracking. All books come with free bookmarks. Ships from Sag Harbor, New York.…

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Hardcover. Zustand: As New. Leichte Kratzer / Abnutzungen / Druckstellen. A revolutionary theory reveals how we can predict human behavior, challenging long-held beliefs about randomness. For centuries, scientists have sought to understand if our future can be foreseen, and new research is uncovering patterns in human actions that were once considered random. Albert Laszlo Barabasi, a leading expert on network science, explores this mystery through the lens of our digital world, where mobile phones and the Internet have created a vast research laboratory. The electronic traces we leave behind--texts, voicemails, and online searches--form a massive dataset that tracks our behaviors and decisions. Barabasi's analysis uncovers a striking pattern: we engage in bursts of activity followed by periods of inactivity. This "bursty" behavior contradicts the assumption that randomness governs our lives. Through compelling narratives, including a 16th-century crusade in Transylvania and the story of a contemporary artist pursued by the FBI, Barabasi illustrates the historical obsession with predicting human behavior. His diverse examples, from the movement of dollar bills to email writing patterns and epidemic spread, reveal a consistent mathematical structure underlying these phenomena. This research sheds light on the balance between individual spontaneity and the predictability of human behavior, fundamentally altering how we perceive our potential for extraordinary actions.…