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The study of complex networks was sparked at the end of the 90s with two seminal papers, describing their universal:

• small-worlds property [1],
• and scale-free nature [2] (see also this older post: scaling laws).

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complex networks, complex systems, network layout, network visualization, real world networks, scale free networks, small world networks, weighted network analysis

think statistics are boring, irrelevant and hard to understand? well, think again.

two examples of visually displaying important information in an amazingly cool way:

snapshots

territory size shows the proportion of all people living on less than or equal to US$1 in purchasing power parity a day.
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gapminder, global evolution, globalization, hans rosling, human development, inequality, mark newman, on line tools, poverty, state of the world, statistics, visualization, worldmapper