The Science of Science

The Science of Science
Albert-Laszlo Barabasi, Dashun Wang
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28 Feb 2021 UK
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9781108716956
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This is the first comprehensive overview of the exciting field of the ' science of science' . Those concerned with maximizing their career impact and productivity, with their scientific creativity, with effective collaboration and with the metrics of assessment will better understand the fundamental workings of science. Big data analysis and quantitative tools help identify success and failure within the discipline. Areas in the ' science of science' that are ripe for further research are explored, and the implications this could have for future technological and innovative work are examined. With anecdotes and detailed, easy-to-follow explanations of the research, this book is accessible to all scientists, policy makers, and administrators with an interest in the wider scientific enterprise.
' Wang and Barabasi book is a manifesto for the science of science domain. Graduate students (as well as their mentors) owe the authors a debt of gratitude for this impressive synthesis of what is a fast-evolving field of research. ' Pierre Azoulay, Massachusetts Institute of Technology ' Analyzing quantitative aspects of science with state-of-art tools, Wang and Barabasi have written an insightful and comprehensive book that will become a must-read for all scholars interested in science. ' Yu Xie, Princeton University ' In their engaging book, Wang and Barabasi take a fresh look at the science of science. They convincingly argue that in the age of big data and AI applying the scientific method to science itself not only helps understand how science works but may even enhance it. We are compelled to consider the determinants of individual careers and what this means in the age of large-scale scientific collaborations. These and other questions around the meaning of scientific impact, in academia and beyond, make the book highly relevant to scientists, academic administrators and funders alike. By the time the final, forward-looking chapter ends we are hooked on all the correlations and predictions, and so it is only fitting that we are invited to join in, to help shape the field which is likely to be driven by a human-machine collaboration. ' Magdalena Skipper, Nature
Dashun Wang is an Associate Professor at Kellogg School of Management and the founding director of the Center for Science of Science and Innovation, Northwestern University, Illinois. He is a recipient of the AFOSR Young Investigator Award and was named Poets and Quants Best 40 Under 40 Business School Professors in 2019. Albert-Laszlo Barabasi is Robert Gray Dodge Professor of Network Science and Distinguished University Professor at Northeastern University, Boston, where he directs the Center for Complex Network Research. He holds appointments in the Departments of Physics and the College of Computer and Information Science, as well as in the Department of Medicine at Harvard Medical School and at Brigham and Women Hospital in the Channing Division of Network Science.
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ISBN-13: 9781108716956
Published: 28 Feb 2021
Published In: United Kingdom
Imprint: Cambridge University Press
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Format: Paperback
Pages: 250

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