The Dynamics of Science by Grant Ramsey, Andreas De Block - 9780822947370

University of Pittsburgh Press

The Dynamics of ScienceComputational Frontiers in History and Philosophy of Science\nAuthor(s): Grant Ramsey, Andreas De Block\nFormat: Hardback\nPublisher: University of Pittsburgh Press, United States\nImprint: University of Pittsburgh Press\nISBN-13: 9780822947370, 978-0822947370\nSynopsis\nMillions of scientific articles are published each year, making it difficult to stay abreast of advances within even the smallest subdisciplines. Traditional approaches to the study of science, such as the history and philosophy of science, involve closely reading a relatively small set of journal articles. And yet many questions benefit from casting a wider net: Is most scientific change gradual or revolutionary? What are the key sources of scientific novelty? Over the past several decades, a massive effort to digitize the academic literature and equip computers with algorithms that can distantly read and analyze a digital database has taken us one step closer to answering these questions. The.