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050 0 0 _aHM1011
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100 1 _aBarabási, Albert-László.
245 1 0 _aBursts :
_bthe hidden pattern behind everything we do /
_cAlbert-László Barabási.
260 _aNew York, N.Y. :
_bDutton,
_cc2011.
300 _aix, 310 p. :
_bill. (some col.) ;
_c24 cm.
504 _aIncludes bibliographical references (p. 271-295) and index.
505 0 _aThe 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 _aOutlines 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 _aSocial psychology
_xStatistical methods.
650 0 _aHuman behavior.
650 0 _aPrediction (Psychology)
650 0 _aPsychohistory.
655 0 _2local
_94
_aPrint books.
942 _2lcc
_cBOOKS
049 _aAlfaisal Main Library
264 _aNew York, N.Y. :
_bDutton,
_cc2011.
999 _c312441
_d312441