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

Name: The Social Atom
Rating: 4.00 (1 reviews)

by Mark Buchanan

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

by Mark Buchanan

1 rating • 1 review • 1 shelved

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ISBN10 0462099148
ISBN13 9780462099149
Publish Date 15 July 2007
Publish Status Out of Print
Out of Print 20 August 2015
Publish Country GB
Imprint Marshall Cavendish

Format Hardcover
Pages 256
Language English

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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.