It's the network: Ever wonder why your friends have more friends than you or diamond is harder than graphite?
Thursday, April 19, 2012 - 09:30
in Physics & Chemistry
Networks governing processes in nature and society are becoming increasingly amenable to modeling, forecast and control. A new article establishes relationships between seemingly disparate topics such as the friendship paradox -- by which our friends have on average more friends than we do -- and why carbon can result in a hard diamond or the softer material graphite.