Full name: Connected: The Surprising Power of Our Social Networks and How They Shape Our Lives

Authors: Nicholas A. Christakis, James H. Fowler Year: 2008 Rank: Rating: Original Rating: Pop Rating: Genres/categories: Psychology, Non Fiction, Science, Business Purchase/reserch links: LibraryThing Goodreads Amazon ISBNs: 9780316036146 9780316036139 0316036145 0316036137

Celebrated scientists Nicholas Christakis and James Fowler explain the amazing power of social networks and our profound influence on one another's lives. Your colleague's husband's sister can make you fat, even if you don't know her. A happy neighbor has more impact on your happiness than a happy spouse. These startling revelations of how much we truly influence one another are revealed in the studies of Dr. Christakis and Fowler, which have repeatedly made front-page news nationwide. In Connected, the authors explain why emotions are contagious, how health behaviors spread, why the rich get richer, even how we find and choose our partners. Intriguing and entertaining, Connected overturns the notion of the individual and provides a revolutionary paradigm-that social networks influence our ideas, emotions, health, relationships, behavior, politics, and much more. It will change the way we think about every aspect of our lives. Similar books: How to Lie with Statistics by Darrell Huff Thinking in Systems by Donella H. Meadows The Invisible Gorilla by Christopher Chabris Social by Matthew Lieberman How Doctors Think by Jerome Groopman Sources of Power by Gary Klein Reality is Broken by Jane McGonigal Irresistible by Adam Alter Dataclysm by Christian Rudder Driven by Paul R. Lawrence The Social Animal by David Brooks Quiet by Susan Cain The Power of Habit by Charles Duhigg What the Dog Saw by Malcolm Gladwell The Checklist Manifesto by Atul Gawande Emotional Intelligence by Daniel Goleman A Whole New Mind by Daniel H. Pink Flow by Mihaly Csikszentmihalyi The Signal and the Noise by Nate Silver