Respond to the questions on Barabasi: The Sixth Link pp.

1. What is the principal of six degrees of separation? What number of social links does any one person need to be connected to global society? p.30

The principal of Six degrees of separation is that it takes 6 persons to connect two randomly selected persons in the society. Our world is small and we are all closely connected.


2. How is the fabric of society today different from pre-internet society?p.31

We can get infomation so much, so easily, so quickly anytime wherever the internet is.


3.How many more links separate any pair of web pages compared to people in society? What can explain the difference?p.34

The Web has a separation of nineteen.
This is because the nodes have many links.


4. So far, what ranges of separation have network scientists discoverd in different kinds of networks? p.34

species in food webs
molcules
scientists
neurons


5. What does reserch suggest about the fundamentals of networks? p.34-35

If there are more links, there will be less nodes.


6. What is your estimate of your personal number of connections to society? What connections are your strongest?

My connections may be related to education.