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Reductionism, as a paradigm, is expired, and complexity, as a field, is tired. Data-based mathematical models of complex systems are offering a fresh perspective, rapidly developing into a new discipline: network science.

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  1. Albert-László Barabási is at the Center for Complex Network Research and Departments of Physics, USA,

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  2. and the Department of Medicine Computer Science and Biology, Northeastern University, Boston, Massachusetts 02115, USA,

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  3. the Center for Cancer Systems Biology, Dana-Farber Cancer Institute, Boston, Massachusetts 02115,

    Albert-László Barabási

  4. Brigham and Women's Hospital, Harvard Medical School, Boston, Massachusetts 02115, USA,

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Barabási, AL. The network takeover. Nature Phys 8, 14–16 (2012). https://doi.org/10.1038/nphys2188

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