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008			100310s2010 nyu 000 0 eng d
010			_a 2010005464
035			_a(OCoLC)ocn426800811
020			_a9780525951605 (hardcover)
020			_a0525951601 (hardcover)
029	1		_aAU@ _b000045381996
035			_a(OCoLC)426800811
050	1	4	_aHM 1011 _bB223b 2010
082	0	0	_a303.4901
100	1		_aBarabasi, Albert-Laszlo.
245	1	0	_aBursts : _bthe hidden pattern behind everything we do / _cAlbert-Laszlo Barabasi.
260			_aNew York, N.Y. : _bDutton, _cc2010.
300			_aix, 310 p. : _bill. (some col.) ; _c24 cm.
504			_aIncludes bibliographical references (p. 271-295) and index.
505	0		_aThe best bodyguard in the business -- A pope is elected in Rome -- The mystery of random motion -- Duel in Belgrade -- The future is not yet searchable -- Bloody prophecy -- Prediction or prophecy -- A crusade at last -- Violence, random and otherwise -- An unforeseen massacre -- Deadly quarrels and power laws -- The Nagylak Battle -- The origin of bursts -- Accidents don't happen to crucifixes -- The man who taught himself to swim by reading -- An investigation -- Trailing the albatross -- "Villain!" -- The patterns of human mobility -- Revolution now -- Predictably unpredictable -- A diversion in Transylvania -- The truth about LifeLinear -- Szekler against Szekler -- Feeling sick is not a priority -- The final battles -- The third ear -- Flesh and blood.
520			_aOutlines a theory of how to predict behavior, drawing on seven years of research while demonstrating the mathematical properties of seemingly random events, from the spread of epidemics to the history of wars.
650		0	_aSocial psychology _xStatistical methods.
650		0	_aHuman behavior.
650		0	_aPrediction (Psychology)
650		0	_aPsychohistory.
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