What do 'Bohemian Rhapsody,' 'Macbeth,' and a list of Facebook friends all have in common?
Tuesday, June 16, 2020 - 09:35
in Mathematics & Economics
To an English scholar or avid reader, the Shakespeare Canon represents some of the greatest literary works of the English language. To a network scientist, Shakespeare's 37 plays and the 884,421 words they contain also represent a massively complex communication network. Network scientists, who employ math, physics, and computer science to study vast and interconnected systems, are tasked with using statistically rigorous approaches to understand how complex networks, like all of Shakespeare, convey information to the human brain.