From: Christakis, Nicholas c > Sent: ril 23, 2013 3:25 AM To: Barnaby Marsh; Jeffrey Epstein; James Fowler Subject: Re: introduction -- with two links dear all: i just had a really stimulating late-night meeting with barnaby an' -= for which my thanks. I'd welcome the chance to have a conversation with you, Jeff. james and i =ave been collaborators of martin nowak's for some time. our own work is f=cused on the deep mathematical and biological/genetic rules governing how =uman assemble themselves into social networks -- and what our embeddedness=in these networks means for our lives, how it affects everything from our =ropensity to cooperate to our risk of epidemic diseases to our ability to =nnovate. it's hard to communicate how exciting (we think) and relevant this work is =ia email (linda or barnaby could weigh in since they know your interests b=tter than i do), but here is an 18 minute TED talk on one idea james and i=have been pursuing: http://www.ted.com/talks/nicholas_christakis_how_socia=_networks_predict_epidemics.html and here is a link to a recent Nature paper of ours: http://humannaturelab=net/wp-content/themes/human-nature- lab/media/pdf/publications/articles/127=pdf best, nicholas On Apr 21, 2013, at 11:03 AM 4/21/13, James Fowler wrote: > Thanks= And mice to meet you Barnaby and Jeffrey. > I also am in NY frequently if you ever want to chat. > Best, > james > James H. Fowler > Professor of Medical Genetics and Political Science UC San Diego > http://jhfowler.ucsd.edu > CONNECTED > http://connectedthebook.com > On Apr 20, 2013, at 7:22 PM, » Barnaby and Jeffrey - wrote: EFTA_R1_00066708 EFTA01761743