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The Rules of Contagion
- Author
- Adam Kucharski
- Narrator
- Joe Jameson
- Publisher
- Little, Brown Book Group
- Publish Date
- 13 February 2020
- Run Time
- 8 hours 47 minutes
- Format
- Audiobook
- Genre
- Popular science
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We live in a world that's more connected than ever before. But even as we see our lives being shaped by the spread of ideas, trends - and even diseases - we sometimes struggle to grasp how it actually works. Outbreaks seem to be driven by randomness and hidden laws, and in order to understand them, we need to start thinking like
mathematicians.
Here, epidemiologist Adam Kucharski reveals how new mathematical approaches are transforming what we know about contagion - from the revolutionary initiatives that helped tackle gun violence in Chicago to the truth behind the spread of fake news. And along the way, he'll explain how innovations and emotions can spread through our
friendship networks, what STDs can tell us about banking, and why some outbreak predictions go badly wrong.
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Details
- Author
- Adam Kucharski
- Narrator
- Joe Jameson
- Duration
- 8 hours 47 minutes
- Release Date
- 13 February 2020
- ISBN
- 9781782836841
- Format
- Audiobook
- Publisher
- Little, Brown Book Group
- Genre
- Popular science
Synopsis
Why do some ideas take off - and others fail to spread? Why are some diseases predictable, and others swamped in uncertainty? And what about the outbreaks that never happen at all?We live in a world that's more connected than ever before. But even as we see our lives being shaped by the spread of ideas, trends - and even diseases - we sometimes struggle to grasp how it actually works. Outbreaks seem to be driven by randomness and hidden laws, and in order to understand them, we need to start thinking likemathematicians.Here, epidemiologist Adam Kucharski reveals how new mathematical approaches are transforming what we know about contagion - from the revolutionary initiatives that helped tackle gun violence in Chicago to the truth behind the spread of fake news. And along the way, he'll explain how innovations and emotions can spread through ourfriendship networks, what STDs can tell us about banking, and why some outbreak predictions go badly wrong.
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