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How famous is a scientist? Theory, society, ergodicity and communications in topologies
Speaker(s): Erik Bolt
Abstract: In the first part of the talk, we will discuss our recent paper, "How Famous is a Scientist? Famous to Those Who Know Us". Our findings show that fame and merit in science are linearly related, and that the probability distribution for a certain level of fame falls off exponentially. This is in shar... read more
Date: 02/06/2005 - 2:15 pm
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