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Langfristiges exponentielles Wachstum der Wissenschaft?
Long-term exponential growth of science? A quantitative examina
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Abstract "Ever since Derek de Solla Price's path breaking work, an exponential growth of science during the last 400 years has been assumed, eventually leading to a knowledge society. However, we are suggesting here that a more realistic picture of the growth of science and knowledge can be found by taking o... view more
"Ever since Derek de Solla Price's path breaking work, an exponential growth of science during the last 400 years has been assumed, eventually leading to a knowledge society. However, we are suggesting here that a more realistic picture of the growth of science and knowledge can be found by taking other forms of knowledge and knowledge production in early modern Europe into account: the number of experts instead of scientists and learned societies instead of universities. From this perspective, the growth of science looks a lot less spectacular. At the same time, the economic productivity of research and development seems to have decreased." (author's abstract)... view less
Keywords
history of science; knowledge society; economy; productivity; historical development; historical analysis; witch hunt; France; woman; knowledge; university; Europe; education system; scientific institution; criticism; production
Classification
Social History, Historical Social Research
Sociology of Science, Sociology of Technology, Research on Science and Technology
Sociology of Knowledge
Method
basic research; historical; theory application
Document language
German
Publication Year
2011
Page/Pages
p. 299-308
Journal
Historical Social Research, 36 (2011) 2
DOI
https://doi.org/10.12759/hsr.36.2011.2.299-308
ISSN
0172-6404
Status
Published Version; peer reviewed