Connected：The Surprising Power of Our Social Networks and How They Shape Our Lives -- How Your Friends' Friends' Friends Affect Everything You Feel, Think, and Do

NicholasA.Christakis(born1962)isaGreekAmericanphysicianandsociologistknownforhisresearchonsocialnetworksandonthesocioeconomicandbiosocialdeterminantsofhealth,longevity,andbehavior.HeisaProfessorofMedicalSociologyintheDepartmentofHealthCarePolicyandaProfessorofMedicineintheDepartmentofMedicineatHarvardMedicalSchool;aProfessorofSociologyintheDepartmentofSociologyintheHarvardFacultyofArtsandSciences;andanAttendingPhysicianattheHarvard-affiliatedMt.AuburnHospital.