Global Mega-Science: Universities, Research Collaborations, and Knowledge Production

by David P. Baker

Never has the world been as rich in scientific knowledge as it is today. But what are its main sources? In accessible and engaging fashion, Global Mega-Science examines the origins of this unprecedented growth of knowledge production over the past hundred and twenty years. David P. Baker and Justin J.W. Powell integrate sociological and historical approaches with unique scientometric data to argue that at the heart of this phenomenon is...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1503602052
• ISBN13: 9781503602052
• Release Date: April 2024
• Publisher: Stanford University Press
• Length: 254 Pages
• Weight: 1.19 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.8" x 6.0" x 9.0"