Tuesday, March 14, 2006

The Physics of Friendship

Well, well, maybe love isn't serendiptious, but is predicatable. Don't have time to discuss this now, but I will return to this topic this weekend when I'll be working from poolside in Florida on Spring Break. The diagrams themselves are very interesting to contemplate.


The Physics of Friendship from PhysOrg.com

By comparing people to mobile particles randomly bouncing off each other, scientists have developed a new model for social networks. The model fits with empirical data to naturally reproduce the community structure, clustering and evolution of general acquaintances and even sexual contacts.
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