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This chapter describes the communications dynamics within the global network by detailing the tenets of complexity theory to provide insights in the mechanisms driving the global system. Complex systems theory provides the framework within which to discuss the phase shift of scientific knowledge from an era of scarcity to one of abundance—a theme that will appear in the next several chapters.
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The common language of science historically has been Greek, Latin, German, and now English. Perhaps Mandarin Chinese is next.
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Lee Giles from Penn State has written on how and why scientists acknowledge one another in scientific articles.
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Wagner, C.S. (2018). Levels and Patterns of Communication in the Global Network. In: The Collaborative Era in Science. Palgrave Advances in the Economics of Innovation and Technology. Palgrave Macmillan, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-94986-4_3
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