https://www.wired.com/story/a-mathematicians-guide-to-how-contagion-spreads/
Gregory Barber
Science
07.07.2020 07:00 AM
A Mathematician’s Guide to How Contagion Spreads
Adam Kucharski wrote The Rules of Contagion before Covid-19. He talks about misinformation, bank failures, and coming up with hypotheses during a crisis.
“He uses data and models to predict how disease outbreaks will progress. His new book… lays out those tools and how they can be applied to other parts of life. Think methods to predict how panic might course through the global financial system, or how bad information is transmitted on Facebook. But most important… is… a mindset for dealing with incomplete information…”