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Visual Exploration of Complex Networks

Posted by ryuzaki0 on from the rock-hammer-for-scale dept.

jweebo writes "Seed magazine has a story on complexity, and how it can be visually represented with fascinating results. From the article: 'Complexity is everywhere. It's a structural and organizational principle that reaches almost every field imaginable, from genetics and social networks to food webs and stock markets ...Collected here are a few of the many intriguing, and often beautiful, images that illustrate how the whole is more than the sum of its parts.'"

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  1. visual complexity by BReflection · · Score: 3, Informative

    http://www.visualcomplexity.com/

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  2. Here is it: by megaditto · · Score: 4, Informative

    Dr. Wolfram (of Mathematica) offers PDFs of his book for free here (or pay $60 for hardcopy):

    http://www.wolframscience.com/thebook.html

    I do suggest you at least glance over the first few chapters, look at the pictures.

    Also note that the guy got his PhD in Physics at the age of 18 I believe.

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