November 28, 2003
Network Theory
I just love it when a theory comes together (no, not my theory, I'm not that clever).
A pattern of network(s), be it mathematical, sexual, social, internet... WHATEVER, all look the same. http://archive.newscientist.com/secure/article/article.jsp?rp=4&id=mg17423384.700 (sorry, secure hyperlink so you'll have to copy and paste) This article aptly titled "The World's a Net" from New Scientist last year is where I first heard of the Barabásian theory, but have since seen it in presentations of others in various forms. The memes are flying! Ben Fry from MIT has also been exploring the same patterns through how people use a website and visualising complex data structures inherent within the human genome.
Posted by Ant at November 28, 2003 01:39 PM | TrackBack"There is a danger in the current excitement over network thinking to blur the social and natural in the wrong kind of way. The theorists use intentional metaphors to loosely describe the descriptive theory but there is really no account of intentional choice or incentives within the theory itself."
http://ahtisaari.typepad.com/moia/2003/10/network_theory_.html