Networks, Crowds, and Markets: A Book by David Easley and Jon KleinbergHigh School Dating (Bearman, Moody, and Stovel, 2004) (Image by Mark Newman) In recent years there has been a growing public fascination with the complex "connectedness" of modern society. This connectedness is found in many incarnations: in the rapid growth of the Internet and the Web, in the ease with which global communication now takes place, and in the ability of news and information as well
