The Strength in Numbers: The New Science of Team Science

by Jan Youtie and Barry Bozeman

Book Overview

Once upon a time, it was the lone scientist who achieved brilliant breakthroughs. No longer. Today, science is done in teams of as many as hundreds of researchers who may be scattered across continents and represent a range of hierarchies. These collaborations can be powerful, but they demand new ways of thinking about scientific research. When three hundred people make a discovery, who gets credit? How can all collaborators' concerns be adequately...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0691174067
• ISBN13: 9780691174068
• Release Date: November 2017
• Publisher: Princeton University Press
• Length: 248 Pages
• Weight: 1.20 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.0" x 6.4" x 9.4"