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5 of 5 people found the following review helpful
Format:Hardcover
Bursts are an interesting property of networks and I bought this book expecting to gain novel insights from such an authority on network science as Barabasi. I have to say I was disappointed though. What little science is presented is done so somewhat superficially and interspersed with long passages describing in laborious detail a period of medieval history in Hungary. The link between this historical account and what I took to be the central theme of Bursts, the predictability or otherwise of human behaviour, is tenuous at best. It is certainly undeserving of the extensive sections of this book that are given over to it.
Regarding the science itself, some of the examples of 'bursty behaviour' themselves suffer from fundamental methodological problems in their data collection, which are glossed over. There are many rock solid examples of 'burstiness' that could have been explored in a book entitled 'Bursts' - for example in neuronal networks - but these are not touched upon at all. This book ultimately revealed very little about bursts I'm sorry to say, primarily because the author simply failed to concentrate on the central ideas advertised by the book's title.
Regarding the science itself, some of the examples of 'bursty behaviour' themselves suffer from fundamental methodological problems in their data collection, which are glossed over. There are many rock solid examples of 'burstiness' that could have been explored in a book entitled 'Bursts' - for example in neuronal networks - but these are not touched upon at all. This book ultimately revealed very little about bursts I'm sorry to say, primarily because the author simply failed to concentrate on the central ideas advertised by the book's title.
1 of 1 people found the following review helpful
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I bought this book because it seemed right up my street. I had previously read, and enjoyed, "Linked" and I run a training course about spotting patterns, so I thought I was in for a treat. There are some good tales in this book - in fact all except one are interesting and relevant and give some insight into the deep structural patterns (everything happens in bursts) in our lives and the advances in technology which mean that one day we may be able to accurately predict the future. But overall I found it a frustrating book to read, and mostly because there is one story, from Hungarian history, which runs right through the book and which is tedious to read (I started skipping the pages about this story) and hardly relevant at all (or, if it is, could have been said in two or three pages instead of taking up about a third or more of the book).
1 of 3 people found the following review helpful
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A well written look at 'burstiness' in nature.All of life seems to function in waves of activity and rest,which make them predictable to a degree.Very interesting book about all sorts of networks.
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