Computer scientist here. I enjoyed the "Networks" book, especially Chapter 0 [sic] where he re-tells how their seminal paper was written. Overall, I viewed th

Computer scientist here. I enjoyed the "Networks" book, especially Chapter 0 [sic] where he re-tells how their seminal paper was written. Overall, I viewed the book as an insightful and inspirational semi-popular science piece that I welcomed. You could view the "network" aspect as a new paradigm that can be applied to many areas, and I'm always keen to hear about such universal ideas. Now regarding the Nature papers, that's another matter. The criticism should be published in Nature itself, with a response of the original paper's authors. I regret that today it is often paper + online blog response, because not many will easily find the reactions to a paper.