The Strengths of Nations_Data visualization
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“A sad proportion of “art/science” illustrations are more show than tool,
evoking but not helping to explain the phenomena that are supposed to be their subjects.
This map and variations on it are a distinct counterpoint: they are used daily as a tool by
Dick Klavans to determine such things as which areas of science are most closely
connected to one another, are most and least intellectually vital, or which scientific areas
produce the most patents. Here’s an image on which he and I collaborated
(again, with Kevin Boyack’s help & ISI’s data) that discusses the variations in how different nations pursue science”.
