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Acocktailparty.Aterroristcell.Ancientbacteria.Aninternationalconglomerate.Allarenetworks,andallareapartofasurprisingscientificrevolution.Albert-LászlóBarabási,thenation'sforemostexpertinthenewscienceofnetworks,takesusonanintellectualadventuretoprovethatsocialnetworks,corporations,andlivingorganismsaremoresimilarthanpreviouslythought.Graspingafullunderstandingofnetworksciencewillsomedayallowustodesignblue-chipbusinesses,stoptheoutbreakofdeadlydiseases,andinfluencetheexchangeofideasandinformation.JustasJamesGleickbroughtthediscoveryofchaostheorytothegeneralpublic,Linkedtellsthestoryofthetruescienceofthefuture.