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This celebrated New York Times bestsellernow poised to reach an even wider audience in paperbackis a book that is changing the way North Americans think about selling products and disseminating ideas. Gladwells new afterword to this edition describes how readers can constructively apply the... read more
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Summary
Tipping points are "the levels at which the momentum for change becomes unstoppable."<1> Gladwell defines a tipping point as a sociological term: "the moment of critical mass, the threshold, the boiling point."<2> The book seeks to explain and describe the "mysterious" sociological... read more (warning: may contain spoilers)
Cast of Characters/Important People
Memorable Quotes
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“Six degrees of separation doesn't simply mean that everyone is linked to everyone else in just six steps. It means that a very small number of people are linked to everyone else in a few steps, and the rest of us are linked to the world through those few.”
Malcolm Gladwell
First Sentence
In the mid-1990s, the city of Baltimore was attacked by an epidemic of syphilis.
Table of Contents
Authors & Contributors
- Malcolm Gladwell (Author)
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