From the perspective of complex network, the Container Shipping network was demonstrated to have character of scale free and small worlds.

从复杂网络理论角度出发，验证了集装箱航运网络具备无标度和小世界特性。

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The point about nanotechnology is that it sets out deliberately to exploit the strange properties found in these very small worlds.

ECONOMIST: Small wonders

Small worlds resemble each other first.

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Hirose says the penchant for creating small, controllable worlds has nothing to do with escapism or isolationism.

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