Social Atom Why the Rich Get Richer, Cheaters Get Caught, and Your Neighbor Usually Looks Like You

Name: Social Atom Why the Rich Get Richer, Cheaters Get Caught, and Your Neighbor Usually Looks Like You
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ISBN: 9781596910133

ISBN-10: 1596910135

ISBN-13: 9781596910133

Edition: 2007

Authors: Mark Buchanan

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The idiosyncrasies of human decision-making have confounded economists and social theorists for years. If each person makes choices for personal (and often irrational) reasons, how can people's choices be predicted by a single theory? How can "any" economic, social, or political theory be valid? The truth is, none of them really are. Mark Buchanan makes the fascinating argument that the science of physics is beginning to provide a new picture of the human or "social atom," and help us understand the surprising, and often predictable, patterns that emerge when they get together. Look at patterns, not people, Buchanan argues, and rules emerge that can explain how movements form, how interest…

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List price: $24.95
Copyright year: 2007
Publisher: Bloomsbury Publishing USA
Publication date: 6/5/2007
Binding: Hardcover
Pages: 256
Size: 5.75" wide x 8.50" long x 0.75" tall
Weight: 0.880
Language: English

He holds a Ph.D. in theoretical physics from the University of Virginia. He has been an editor and writer for Nature and New Scientist.




Think patterns, not people



The "human" problem



Our thinking instincts



The adaptive atom



The imitating atom



The cooperative atom



Together, apart



Conspiracies and numbers



Forward to the past