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Book Review: A New Kind of Science

“Somebody says, ‘You know, you people always say that space is continuous. How do you know when you get to a small enough dimension that there really are enough points in between, that it isn’t just a lot of dots separated by little distances?’ Or they say, ‘You know those quantum mechanical amplitudes you told me about, they’re so complicated and absurd, what makes you think those are right? M...

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Book Review: The New Sovereignty

Book Review: The New Science of (Random) Networks, Volume 51, Number 2

At the beginning of the 21st century, a maverick group of scientists is discovering that all networks—from a cocktail party to a terrorist cell to an international conglomerate—have a deep underlying order and operate according to simple but powerful rules. Knowledge of the structure and behavior of these networks illuminates everything from the vulnerability of economies to the way diseases ar...

BOOK SYMPOSIUM What-if history of science

An athlete engages in calisthenics as part of basic training and as a preliminary to more advanced or intense activity. Whether it is stretching, lunges, crunches, or push-ups, routine calisthenics provide a baseline of strength and flexibility that prevent a variety of injuries that might otherwise be incurred. Peter Bowler has spent 40 years doing Darwinian calisthenics, researching and writi...