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Jan 16, 2018 · The Square and the Tower in addition to being provocative history, may prove to be a bellwether work of the Internet Age.” — Christian Science Monitor "Niall Ferguson has again written a brilliant book. . . . His short chapters are lucid snapshots of a world history of Towers and Squares, filled with gracefully deployed learning. . . .
- 2018
- Niall Ferguson
Oct 1, 2017 · The Square and the Tower by Niall Ferguson, Networks (The Square) Tower (Hierarchies) interestingly Ferguson points out that networks historically thought of as the powerless unwashed masses did in fact disrupt Hierarchies throughout history on a regular basis for instance "The French American and Russian revolutions" to name a couple, even ...
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The Square and Tower: Networks, Hierarchies and the Struggle for Global Power is a book by Niall Ferguson, published in 2018 by Penguin Books, where he explains how those at the top of the towers of power have been overstated, and the influence of "the social networks down below, in the town squares" has been underestimated. His aim is to ...
- Niall Ferguson
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- 2018
- 7 June 2018
From the cults of ancient Rome to the dynasties of the Renaissance, from the founding fathers to Facebook, The Square and the Tower tells the story of the rise, fall and rise of networks, and shows how network theory–concepts such as clustering, degrees of separation, weak ties, contagions and phase transitions–can transform our ...
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However, in The Square and the Tower, Niall Ferguson argues that networks have always been with us, from the structure of the brain to the food chain, from the family tree to freemasonry. Throughout history, hierarchies housed in high towers have claimed to rule, but often real power has resided in the networks in the town square below.
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The Square and the Tower ist kein leicht verdauliches Werk. Es stellt die Gewohnheiten bisheriger Geschichtsschreibung in Frage und erzählt die Geschichte Europas (und Amerikas), gespickt mit Daten, Modellen, Graphen und Tabellen, aus einer vollkommen neuen Perspektive.
Oct 5, 2017 · The Square and the Tower in addition to being provocative history, may prove to be a bellwether work of the Internet Age.” — Christian Science Monitor "Niall Ferguson has again written a brilliant book. . . . His short chapters are lucid snapshots of a world history of Towers and Squares, filled with gracefully deployed learning. . . .
- Niall Ferguson
