The Power of Networks : : Six Principles That Connect Our Lives / / Mung Chiang, Christopher G. Brinton.
What makes WiFi faster at home than at a coffee shop? How does Google order search results? Why do Amazon, Netflix, and YouTube use fundamentally different rating and recommendation methods-and why does it matter? Is it really true that everyone on Facebook is connected in six steps or less? And how...
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