Mathematics
Who Knows Whom
Six handshakes and the letters that never arrived, friends who outnumber yours, and a ranking defined by itself
Milgram · Watts and Strogatz · Feld · Brin and Page · 3 chapters · 12 min read
Six handshakes and the letters that never arrived, friends who outnumber yours, and a ranking defined by itself.
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Networks
- 01Six Handshakes, Give or TakeOn the letters that arrived, the ones that did not, and why short paths are the easy part.
- 02Your Friends Have More FriendsOn a fact about counting that feels like a fact about you.
- 03Important Because the Important Say SoOn a definition that refers to itself, and why that is its strength.