The excerpts which are available here are from the MS version, not from the final version of the book to be published by Cambridge UP (http://www.cambridge.org) in June 2007.
Preface (click)
Contents (click)
Part I Bridging the gap between physics and the social sciences (click)
Chapter 1 Probing bonds (*)
Chapter 2 The battle against noise in physics (click)
Chapter 3 The battle against noise in the social sciences (click)
Chapter 4 Equilibrium and metastable states (*)
Chapter 5 Are the data reliable? (click)
Part II Macro-interactions (click)
Chapter 6 Shaping the Zeitgeist (click)
Chapter 7 Bonds of vassalage (click)
Chapter 8 The absentee ownsership syndrome (click)
Part III Micro-interactions: a network explanation of suicide (click)
Chapter 9 Effects of a male-female imbalance (click)
Chapter 10 Effect of weakened marital bonds on suicide (*)
Chapter 11 Effect of social isolation on suicide (*)
Chapter 12 Apoptosis (click)
Chapter 13 Perspectives (*)
References (click)
(*) These chapters are not yet available online. To get a copy please write to: roehner@lpthe.jussieu.fr