Social Physics: How Good Ideas Spread--The Lessons from a New Science Alex Pentland
Publisher: Penguin Group (USA)

Nov 1, 2007 - 'Pulitzer-winning science writer Angier distills everything you've forgotten from your high school science classes and more into one enjoyable book, a guide for the scientifically perplexed adult who wants to understand what those guys in lab coats Angier 'incorporates imaginative metaphors, concise analogies, and jokes into her writing, which result in clear and accessible explanations of complex ideas.' Social Physics: how good ideas spread — the lessons from a new science. Jul 23, 2013 - The social sciences have stagnated. How do Alex Pentland created a new science to answer those questions and writes about what he has learned in this new book. Mar 9, 2014 - There is a chance, however small, that they may be right, but science doesn't work through guesswork, it works by considering all the evidence and weighing that evidence accordingly. For instance, there is not enough time in your life to learn how an aircraft carrier works, let along all that 'brand new' science for the electronics. Feb 10, 2014 - Social Physics: How Good Ideas Spread—The Lessons from a New Science: Amazon.fr: Alex Pentland: Livres anglais et étrangers. For more on the amazing ways human social networks improve problem solving take a look at Social Physics: How Good Ideas Spread-The Lessons from a New Science. Apr 30, 2014 - As is well known, the scientific method consists of making observations with the sense organs (mainly eyes with the help of devices like telescopes, microscopes, electronics etc.); making Assuming that the survey was correct, such a low rate of belief in science is probably based on literal interpretation by the participants, of their scriptures which were written thousands of years back. Feb 6, 2014 - Social Physics: How Good Ideas Spread—The Lessons from a New Science. Likewise, talking nonsense about ice-cores @ Cambridge with Eric Wolff in the audience was likely not a good idea either. This is not only boring but also counterproductive, constraining engagement with the scientific cutting edge and stifling the creation of new and useful knowledge. Jan 24, 2014 - “This will come, the question is how far it will go,” says Alex “Sandy” Pentland of MIT's Media Lab, who was in Davos to present his new book “Social Physics: How Good Ideas Spread”. May 27, 2014 - "In his book "Social Physics: How Good Ideas Spread - The Lessons from a New Science," he argues that human communication behaviors follow the rules of mathematics. Social Physics: How Good Ideas Spread—The Lessons from a New Science. Feb 10, 2014 - All of this (massive) research points in a single direction: Giving people time at work to talk to each other is good policy all around. Videos are now available from the YOW! In the blog Usually there are moral lessons also associated with Avatars. Dec 16, 2013 - Here's a novel idea that could flip high-school science education on its head: Instead of teaching biology as the first course for high-school freshmen, start instead with physics.