Connected—The Power of Six Degrees
| Anna Maria Talas | Australian Broadcasting Corporation, Ltd.
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We speak with one of the world's leading researchers on the new science of networks, Professor Duncan Watts.
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It's more than a curiosity; network science has implications for everything from the spread of disease to the current financial crisis.
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