It's one thing to say that networks can inform knowledge and learning, and quite another to say just what it is about networks that does so. According to the introduction, "David Alderson has become a leading advocate for formulating the foundations of network science." The interview that follows offers us his vision of a science of networks. There's some good stuff about the distinction between graphs and networks, and between real networks and virtual networks. For example, "Almost every large Internet service is implemented with a "cloud." A lot of connections within the cloud, which are measured and recorded in graphs, are virtual, not real. The graph we are measuring bears no resemblance to the network system behind it." Related: danah boyd asks, Would the real network please stand up?
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