A First Course In Network Theory by Estrada and Knight

About the book

A First Course in Network Theory by Ernesto Estrada and Philip A. Knight (Oxford University Press, 2015) is an introductory textbook on the mathematics of networks, the study of systems represented as nodes joined by links. It covers graph theory fundamentals, measures of node importance (centrality), community detection, random and scale-free network models, and applications across physics, biology, and the social sciences. Aimed at students across disciplines, it is a more formal companion to popular treatments like Barabasi’s Linked. See my Networks page for the bigger picture of why this field matters.