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Published online 13 August 2004 | Nature | doi:10.1038/news040809-18
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The urban maze
Don't feel bad if you often get lost in cities. Network analysis shows their structure is peculiarly difficult to navigate, says Philip Ball.
It was in Los Angeles that I came to value London cabbies. In Pasadena, to be precise, where my cab driver seemed never to have heard of that minor institution called the California Institute of Technology.
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