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Preface xi
Bridging the gap between physics and the social sciences 1
Probing bonds 3
The Rutherford experiment 6
Boiling points as test-probes 10
Basic principles of the physics of mixing 12
Immiscible liquids 13
Physical properties of a mixture as a tool for exploring bonds 14
Estimating the correlation length in social phenomena 16
Outline of the book 23
Gauging the links between two twinned communities 24
The battle against noise in physics 26
Improving the signal to noise ratio in the pendulum experiment 29
Noise reduction in the detection of gravitational waves 31
Pattern matching: a simulation 32
The battle against noise in the social sciences 35
The extreme value technique 35
Pattern matching: knowing when and what to observe 38
Reducing noise by adding up several realizations 43
Confidence intervals and statistical significance 50
Upgrading statistical tests 54
Conclusion 60
Equilibrium and metastable states 62
Equilibrium restoring forces 63
Probing the strength of equilibrium restoring forces 66
Metastable states in physics and chemistry 71
Metastability, seeds and forms of post-revolution societies 75
Are the data reliable? 80
The replication process for the Foucault pendulum experiment 81
The replication process for cold nuclear fusion 84
Biased suicide statistics 85
Interactions between Japanese population and occupation forces 90
Conclusions and perspectives 99
Macro-interactions 101
Shaping the Zeitgeist 105
Marketing campaigns: shaping the response of consumers 106
Public relations campaigns: example of cell phones in cars 111
Shaping the Zeitgeist: the promotion of neoliberalism 115
Tangible effects of neoliberal policies 126
A network perspective 131
From Edward Bernays to Isaac Asimov 132
Bonds of vassalage 135
Role of the United States in the First Vietnam War 137
Ways and means 145
Identification of interference through the coincidence method 146
The absentee ownership syndrome 150
Land reform in Japan under General MacArthur 150
How the strength of interpersonal interactions conditions human behavior 151
Effects of absentee ownership in Ireland 155
Effect of segmentation on the effectiveness of a social system 156
Hardship as a side effect of absentee landlordism 158
The absentee landlord paradigm in history 160
Assessing interaction in settler colonies 161
Revolutions seen as a way to end absentee landlordism 165
Present-day manifestations of the absentee ownership syndrome 165
Micro-interactions: a network explanation of suicide 169
Effects of a male-female imbalance 173
Suicide rates of unmarried versus married people 174
Suicide rate in a population with a gender imbalance 176
Designing the experiment 178
Suicide rates as a function of sex ratio in groups of immigrants 182
Cross-sectional analysis 185
Male-female imbalance induced by war 186
Suicide rate in a population with a sex ratio r [not equal] 1 190
Effect of weakened marital bonds on suicide 192
Suicide rate of young widowers 192
Effect of falling marriage rates 195
Effect of a sudden upsurge in marriages 197
Connection between mean age of marriage and suicide rate 198
Longitudinal test 199
Cross-sectional analysis 201
Effect of social isolation on suicide 205
Effect of major historical events on suicide 205
Effect of social isolation on suicide 209
Effect of a rearrangement of social ties 214
Effect on suicide of the social disruption experienced by immigrants 217
Effect of immigration on suicide rates in the country of destination 220
Non-linear mixing relationships 225
Apoptosis 231
Apoptosis versus necrosis 232
Role of apoptosis in the development of multicellular organisms 233
Apoptosis in plants 234
Apoptosis in populations 234
Apoptosis in groups of mammals 237
Apoptosis in human societies 238
Perspectives 241
References 243
Index 252
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