**edited 01/18/14 
 This is a brilliant and fantastically well-written popular science account of the importance of networks and complexity in our everyday lives. Every concept is illustrated and told via beautifully embedded and incredibly entertaining stories. At the same time, the book's style is so clear and simple that I would love to hand it around to all the non-computer scientists I know who ask me about my research. Although certainly far from scientific, this book certainly is more eloquent, entertaining, and informative than I think a scientist could ever be. 
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