by Adam Kucharski · Wellcome Collection · tapa blanda · ISBN 9781788164726
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«The Rules of Contagion: Why Things Spread - and Why They Stop» is Adam Kucharski's popular science essay, published by Wellcome Collection in paperback.
Mathematician and epidemiologist Adam Kucharski analyzes how viruses, ideas, rumors and misinformation spread following common patterns. With examples ranging from superspreaders to folk tales and computer viruses, he shows why some contagions take off and others fizzle out, and how to predict them better.
A 352-page work in English, originally published on March 19, 2020; it falls under health and wellness, science and technology.
A work aimed at readers of popular science and at a university or professional audience interested in health, medicine and social behavior.
