Wednesday, September 26, 2012

Science Is Now a Vast Global Enterprise (preview)

Cover Image: October 2012 Scientific American MagazineSee Inside

A measure of the creativity of a nation is how well it works with those beyond its borders


25 nations with the largest science output

TOGETHERNESS: This circular graph shows collaboration among the 25 nations with the largest science output, as measured in scientific papers that appeared in 2011 in a select group of journals. Not included are collaborations that took place inside each country.

Image: Sven Laqua and Arno Ghelfi, SOURCES: DIGITAL SCIENCE; MARTIN SZOMSZOR Digital Science

When Mikhail Gorbachev freed Andrei Sakharov to travel to the U.S., one of the Russian nuclear physicist's first stops was the New York Academy of Sciences. Members of the academy's Board of Governors at that time, in 1988, had been leaders in mobilizing the scientific community to fight for Sakharov's freedom, and Sakharov wanted to extend his thanks for all their efforts.


This article was originally published with the title State of The World's Science.

Source: http://rss.sciam.com/click.phdo?i=44de0118e4b9285af178a30494b5079b

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