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Nicholas Christakis M.D., Ph.D., on January 11, 2010

We are all embedded in vast, beautiful, complex webs of social relationships that influence a wide range of behaviors, attitudes, and emotions. Here, we chronicle a variety of phenomena that can spread in "real world" social networks.

We are all embedded in vast, beautiful, complex webs of social relationships that influence a wide range of behaviors, attitudes, and emotions. Here, we chronicle a variety of phenomena that can spread in "real world" social networks.