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Click and collect from your local waterstones or get free uk delivery on orders over. Review of social physics by alex pentland robert mcgrath. Interesting experiences include dining with british royalty and the president of india, staging fashion shows in paris, tokyo, and new york, and developing a method for counting beavers from space. Over years of groundbreaking experiments, he has distilled remarkable. From one of the worlds leading data scientists, a landmark tour of the new science of idea flow, offering revolutionary insights into the mysteries of collective intelligence and social influence. About social physics from one of the worlds leading data scientists, a landmark tour of the new science of idea flow, offering revolutionary insights into the mysteries of collective intelligence and social influence if the big data revolution has a presiding genius, it is mits alex sandy pentland. Alex sandy pentland directs mits human dynamics laboratory and the mit media lab. Alex sandy petland tells interviewer dave edmonds about the origins of social physics in the days before widespread good data and solid statistical methods and explains how it blossomed as both a field and for pentlands own research. How good ideas spread the lessons from a new science by alex pentland the penguin press, 2014 sensor rich mobile devices meet big data. For alex sandy pentland, one of the bestknown and widely cited computational social scientists in the world, these are halcyon days for his field. Social physics by alex pentland 9780143126331 dymocks. Professor alex pentland banks on blockchain to bring.
How good ideas spread the lessons from a new science by alex pentland in chm, djvu, rtf download ebook. How good ideas spreadthe lessons from a new science by alex pentland. In his new book, social physics, alex pentland, a prominent data scientist at m. Social physics is about idea flow, the way human social networks spread ideas and transform those ideas into behaviors. Alex sandy pentland professor of computer science, mit. How good ideas spreadthe lessons from a new science pentland takes time out to catch us up on his findings. Jan 30, 2014 social physics will change the way we think about how we learn and how our social groups workand can be made to work better, at every level of society. Sandy pentland on social physics sage ocean big data, new. One of the creators of the mit media lab and currently the director of the mit connection science and human dynamics labs, pentland studies social physics. The phrase was coined in the early 1800s, and first implementation was the.
Social physics, the new book by alex pentland, a prominent computer scientist at m. Social physics will change the way we think about how we learn and how our social groups workand can be made to work better, at every level of society. Sandys research findings have been the focus of my meetings design work for over twenty years. His concept was that certain ideas shaped the development of society in a regular manner. Social physics ebook por alex pentland 9781101625576. Professor sandy pentland, director of the mit human dynamics lab. Social physics is a fascinating look at a new field by one of its principal geeks.
His most recent books are social physics, published by penguin press, and honest signals, published by mit press. Using millions of data points measured over a long period of time in real settings, which pentland calls living laboratories, the author has monitored human behavior on an unprecedented scalepentlands research also offers lessons for policymakers and business people. Social physics honest signals computational social science network and complexity science wearable computing. Media lab professors new book ties more than a decades research into a new theory of information. The naked future and social physics the new york times. One of the creators of the mit media lab and currently the director of the mit connection science and human dynamics labs, pentland studies social physics, which takes a datacentric. Jun 03, 2014 social physics, the new book by alex pentland, a prominent computer scientist at m. Adopting habits is a very conservative process that seems to be driven very largely by social learning, by seeing other people doing the same thing, pentland says. Explore books by louise pentland with our selection at.
Around 2014, two books were released that are most relevant for social simulation and complexity science. Social physics offers a crash course in the new selfdeclared field of science. Social physics is a metaphor sandy pentland adopts to embrace a class of data science research. Alex sandy pentland directs mits human dynamics laboratory. His wise and stimulating book teaches us how ideas spring up, flow, and spread.
It is largely, but not exclusively, about the flow of ideas between individuals taken from large datasets of telephone and actual mobility, talk, and other residue of human behaviour. All content included on our site, such as text, images, digital downloads and other, is the property of its content suppliers and protected by us and international laws. Mar 04, 2014 according to social physics, however good an idea may look on paper or on a computer screen engagement is still the mechanism whereby it takes root in a community. Toward neurocognitive foundations of generative social science and this one by alex pentland on human behavior and social networks capable of collecting and refining decision strategies. Everyday low prices and free delivery on eligible orders. Social physics will change the way we think about how we learn and how. Pentlands social physics is a major contribution to this field. Social physics alex pentland 9781594205651 netgalley. May 18, 2014 in his new book, social physics, alex pentland, a prominent data scientist at m. How good ideas spread the lessons from a new science, alex sandy pentland, the toshiba professor of.
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