02070cam a2200337 a 4500 16115751 US-DLC 20161031122313.0 100303s2010 nyua b 001 0 eng 2010005464 9780452297180 0525951601 (hardcover) (OCoLC)ocn426800811 DLC DLC BTCTA YDXCP C#P BWX ABG CDX VP@ T7B DLC HM1011 .B37 2011 Barabási, Albert-László. Bursts : the hidden pattern behind everything we do / Albert-László Barabási. New York, N.Y. : Dutton, c2011. ix, 310 p. : ill. (some col.) ; 24 cm. Includes bibliographical references (p. 271-295) and index. 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. 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. Social psychology Statistical methods. Human behavior. Prediction (Psychology) Psychohistory. local 4 Print books. lcc BOOKS Alfaisal Main Library New York, N.Y. : Dutton, c2011. 312441 312441 0 0 lcc 0 0 AU AU GEN 2016-10-10 0 HM1011 .B37 2011 AU0000000006812 2016-10-10 00:00:00 115.00 2016-10-10 BOOKS