This well-conceived and comprehensive volume offers a stimulating introduction to the physics of society, mainly from a statistical physicist's point of view. I recommend this book to novices and experienced readers alike - it covers an exciting range of research problems.
Nicole J. Saam, Institute of Sociology, Friedrich-Alexander University of Erlangen-Nuremberg
This book is written for those who have always wondered "Why couldn't we model society in a computer?" Sociophysics offers a new perspective on collective phenomena such as opinion formation, popularity, election outcomes, or economic and crowd dynamics. Sociophysics is on the rise. This book provides a nice introduction of some related models.
Dirk Helbing, ETH Zürich