Weak Links The Universal Key to the Stability of Networks and Complex Systems /

• Main Author: Csermely, Peter. (Author)
• Corporate Author: SpringerLink (Online service)
• Format: Electronic
• Language: English
• Published: Berlin, Heidelberg : Springer Berlin Heidelberg, 2009.
• Series: The Frontiers Collection,
• Subjects: Physics.; Proteomics.; Biomedical engineering.; Mathematics.; Life sciences.; Engineering.; Ecology.; Geoecology/Natural Processes.; Popular Science in Mathematics/Computer Science/Natural Science/Technology.; Biophysics/Biomedical Physics.; Popular Science in Nature and Environment.; Complexity.
• Online Access: https://ezaccess.library.uitm.edu.my/login?url=http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/978-3-540-31157-7

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Table of Contents:

• Introduction: How the Links Were Formed
• A Principle is Born: The Granovetter-Study
• Why do we Like Networks?
• Network Stability
• Weak Links as Stabilizers of Complex Systems
• Atoms, Molecules, Macromolecules
• Weak Links and Cellular Stability
• Weak Links and the Stability of Organisms
• Social Nets
• Networks of Human Culture
• The Global-Web
• The Eco-Web
• Conclusions and Perspectives.