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Samuel Arbesman
Samuel Arbesman is the author of
The Magic of Code
and is scientist in residence at Lux Capital.
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Vanity Science: Eponyms, Knowledge, and Twitter
Science
We Can't Understand Our Technology Any More
Science
Members of the Geek Pantheon
Opinion
Let's Bring The Polymath — and the Dabblers — Back
Science
Predicting Highly Cited Scientific Papers
Science
Wikipedia's Famous Academics Versus Successful Academics
Science
'Touch Generations' and 1,000 Years
Science
Pareidolia and Fractals
Science
Computational Crystals and City Maps
Science
The Universality of (Sephardic) Ethnicity, as Explained by Mathematical Genealogy
Science
John McCarthy's Thoughts on the Wonders of Progress
Science
Peanut Butter Cookies and Cultural Diffusion
Science
When I Lost Faith in Encyclopedia Brown
Science
The Half-Life of Facts
out in Paperback!
Science
World Civilizations from Network Analysis
Science
The Geography of American Agriculture
Science
The Secret Meanings of Stars in Newspapers
Science
Crowdsourcing the Boundaries of the Midwest
Science
Reducing the Hype Around Big Data
Science
One Billion Seconds
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