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This lecture introduces the fundamentals of networks and their application to brain networks, covering the historical breakthroughs in network science, the importance of networks in complex systems, and the small-world and scale-free network discoveries. It also explores the dawn of Network Neuroscience with the study of C. elegans and the macaque brain networks, leading to the rise of the human connectome. The instructor emphasizes the significance of understanding the human connectome for cognitive neuroscience and neuropsychology, highlighting the ongoing research in Network Neuroscience.