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Duncan Watts, who coined the term Small Worlds, is a physicist who now works
at Columbia in the Sociology department (on the Small World project, see
http://smallworld.columbia.edu/)
Best,
Willemien
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I do not support the view of Martina, but partly that of Moses. networks do
play a very large role in physics: much of solid state physics
(semi-conducter, conducter, cristals, etc) is about transport in networks or
growth of networks. on the other hand for example aome quantum mechanical
effects like entanglement etc is also about particles that are somehow or
other connected.
I guess the question is, how many and who in the relative scientific network
are willing to share their ideas and thoughts in such a way to help all of
us to better understand networks and their dynamics. I look at it as a kind
of mosaic: if whoever has something to contribute does that regardless of
"old" animosities between different fields of science, then the whole field
will be better off.
I really do hope to see more physicists interested in sociology (and also
citing the relevant people).
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Dipl.-Phys. Bettina Hoser
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