The Social Atom: Why the Rich Get Richer, Cheaters Get Caught, and Your Neighbor Usually Looks Like You

by Mark Buchanan

• ISBN10: 1596917318
• ISBN13: 9781596917316
• Publish Date: 5 December 2008 (first published 15 July 2007)
• Publish Status: Active
• Publish Country: US
• Imprint: Bloomsbury Publishing USA
• Format: eBook (EPUB)
• Pages: 256
• Language: English
• URL: http://bloomsbury.com/

Reviews

[wyvernfriend]

An interesting read. Not my field of experteise but I can see how some of it would ring true. Like some other reviewers he lost me at the end when he started attacking religion. Surely it, like all other human traits should be worked with rather than against.

It's an interesting look at the fact that humanity tends to work in groups and that a lot of people find it very hard to go against the group. He's a physicist and has some pet theories about social sciences that he feels need airing.

It's one to read, think about and use some salt with. Peppered with interesting ideas and encouages thinking.