Six degrees of interconnection
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Social scientists and mathematicians have begun to study the nature and functioning of network space. An example of network space is the small-world phenomenon, the idea that anyone on the planet can be connected to anyone else through just six degrees of separation.
Publication Name: Wired
Subject: Sociology and social work
ISSN: 1059-1028
Year: 2003
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Barbarians at the gate: Europe wants to be the other superpower. There are just four problems
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Four obstacles which the European Union (EU) needs to overcome in its attempt to evolve into an international superpower are identified and described.
Publication Name: Wired
Subject: Sociology and social work
ISSN: 1059-1028
Year: 2003
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