LEADER 02375cam a2200361 a 4500003 hubpceuo 005 20191028132928.0 006 a|||||r|||| 00| 0 007 ta 008 100303s2010 nyua b 001 0 eng 020 9780525951605 (hardcover) : |c$26.95 020 9780452297180 (pbk.) 040 DLC |cDLC |dBTCTA |dYDXCP |dC#P |dBWX |dABG |dCDX |dVP@ |dT7B |dDLC |dhubpceuo |bEnglish 041 eng 050 00 HM1011 |b.B37 2010 082 00 303.4901 |222 100 1 Barabási, Albert-László, |d1967- 245 10 Bursts : |bthe hidden pattern behind everything we do, from your e-mail to bloody crusades / |cAlbert-László Barabási. 260 New York, N.Y. : |bPlume, published by the Penguin Group, |cc2010. 300 ix, 310 p. : |bill. (some col.) ; |c21 cm. 504 Includes bibliographical references (p. 271-295) and index. 505 0 The best bodyguard in the business -- A pope is elected in Rome -- The mystery of random motion -- Duel in Belgrade -- The future is not yet searchable -- Bloody prophecy -- Prediction or prophecy -- A crusade at last -- Violence, random and otherwise -- An unforeseen massacre -- Deadly quarrels and power laws -- The Nagylak Battle -- The origin of bursts -- Accidents don't happen to crucifixes -- The man who taught himself to swim by reading -- An investigation -- Trailing the albatross -- "Villain!" -- The patterns of human mobility -- Revolution now -- Predictably unpredictable -- A diversion in Transylvania -- The truth about LifeLinear -- Szekler against Szekler -- Feeling sick is not a priority -- The final battles -- The third ear -- Flesh and blood. 520 Outlines a theory of how to predict behavior, drawing on seven years of research while demonstrating the mathematical properties of seemingly random events, from the spread of epidemics to the history of wars. 650 0 Social psychology |xStatistical methods. 650 0 Human behavior. 650 0 Prediction (Psychology) 650 0 Psychohistory. 942 |2ddc |cBK 952 |00 |10 |2ddc |40 |6303_490100000000000_BAR |70 |8GEN |9128845OSA |bOSA |d2019-10-28 |eOSA |l0 |o303.4901 BAR |r2019-10-28 |w2019-10-28 |yBK |zDonation of George Soros. |cOSA Repository 920 01 lePZ7AXy 992 01 303_490100000000000_BAR |bWZW_VQZYZZZZZZZZZZZ_OP8 966 |cIn the Research Room