Reinventing Discovery

<h2 id="summary">Summary</h2>
<p>The following is a list of major topics in the book's chapters.
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<ol><li>Reinventing Discovery</li>
<li>Online Tools Make Us Smarter
<a href="/facts/Kasparov_versus_the_World/GhXHrTdU">Kasparov versus the World</a>, <i><a href="/facts/The_Wisdom_of_Crowds/MLpyzSnu">The Wisdom of Crowds</a></i>, various online collaborative projects</li>
<li>Restructuring Expert Attention
<a href="/facts/InnoCentive/xQeSmgJ3">InnoCentive</a>, <a href="/facts/Collective_intelligence/fXxGyLtI">collective intelligence</a>, <a href="/facts/Paul_Seabright/GFwQuqV3">Paul Seabright</a>'s economic theory, <a href="/facts/Online_chat/UXwSoP4j">online chat</a></li>
<li>Patterns of Online Collaboration
<a href="/facts/History_of_Linux/ULcAXP7R">History of Linux</a>, <a href="/facts/Open_Architecture_Network/zx2g0cDQ">Open Architecture Network</a>, <a href="/facts/Wikipedia/KDRNKWnc">Wikipedia</a>, <a href="/facts/MathWorks/tLCq7ajV">MathWorks</a>' computer programming contest</li>
<li>The Limits and the Potential of Collective Intelligence
<a href="/facts/Communication_in_small_groups/QU0FIVDU">communication in small groups</a>, particularly as studied by Stasser and Titus; <a href="/facts/Praxis_(process)/Lrb2zfEe">praxis</a> of science; a discussion of communication among scientists</li>
<li>All the World's Knowledge
<a href="/facts/Don_R._Swanson/m7bxoIe4">Don R. Swanson</a> and <a href="/facts/Literature-based_discovery/vws4pG4u">Literature-based discovery</a>, predicting <a href="/facts/Influenza/nWuFzh6L">influenza</a> with Google searches, <a href="/facts/Sloan_Digital_Sky_Survey/MSHAk1RU">Sloan Digital Sky Survey</a>, <a href="/facts/Allen_Institute_for_Brain_Science/haJHlh9X">Allen Institute for Brain Science</a>, <a href="/facts/Ocean_Observatories_Initiative/T9Cy8MtV">Ocean Observatories Initiative</a>, <a href="/facts/Human_Genome_Project/eQDHgHTP">Human Genome Project</a>, <a href="/facts/Google_Translate/AR0cRb9n">Google Translate</a>, <a href="http://www.nybooks.com/articles/archives/2010/feb/11/the-chess-master-and-the-computer/">playchess.com Tournaments</a></li>
<li>Democratizing Science
<a href="/facts/Galaxy_Zoo/y3k8GAqW">Galaxy Zoo</a>, <a href="/facts/Foldit/ogVIC4pD">Foldit</a>, <a href="/facts/Citizen_science/rAr1o0Y5">citizen science</a>, <a href="/facts/EBird/aCSRbF3b">eBird</a>, <a href="/facts/Open_access/r7rLYN6C">open access</a>, <a href="/facts/ArXiv/H6EtgnBe">arXiv</a>, <a href="/facts/PLoS/HycfC8Ph">PLoS</a></li>
<li>The Challenge of Doing Science in the Open
<a href="/facts/Complexity_Zoo/htGK5zuz">Complexity Zoo</a>, <a href="/facts/Academic_publishing/WfPqsYr1">academic publishing</a>, <a href="/facts/Bayh%25E2%2580%2593Dole_Act/dF7FsCet">Bayh–Dole Act</a></li>
<li>The Open Science Imperative
<a href="/facts/Open_science/xUpX56f0">Open science</a>, <a href="/facts/Academic_journal_publishing_reform/o0oImbyL">academic journal publishing reform</a>, <a href="/facts/Stanford_Physics_Information_Retrieval_System/PwvvUno6">SPIRES</a></li></ol>
appendix - The problem solved by the <a href="/facts/Polymath_Project/LGj7RXQ9">Polymath Project</a>
<h2 id="reviews">Reviews</h2>
<p><a href="/facts/Timo_Hannay/8t0vGV3k">Timo Hannay</a>'s review in <i><a href="/facts/Nature_(journal)/XmlJXkFx">Nature</a></i> said that in this book Nielsen gives "the most compelling and comprehensive case so far for a new approach to science in the Internet age".<a class="footnote-ref" id="fnref:1" href="#fn:1"><sup>1</sup></a>
</p><p>The <a href="/facts/Financial_Times/0ndae2YU">Financial Times</a> review said that the book was "the most compelling manifesto yet for the transformative power of networked science".<a class="footnote-ref" id="fnref:2" href="#fn:2"><sup>2</sup></a>
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<h2 id="external-links">External links</h2>
<ul><li><a href="http://press.princeton.edu/titles/9517.html">Official website</a></li>
<li><a href="http://citizensciencequarterly.com/2012/04/13/reinventing-discovery-michael-nielsen/">Interview in Citizen Science Quarterly</a></li></ul>

<h2 id="references">References</h2>

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<li id="fn:1"><p>Hannay, T. (2011). "A new kind of science?". Nature Physics. 7 (10): 742. Bibcode:2011NatPh...7..742H. doi:10.1038/nphys2109. <a href="https://doi.org/10.1038%2Fnphys2109" target="_blank">https://doi.org/10.1038%2Fnphys2109</a> <a href="#fnref:1" class="footnote-back-ref">↩</a></p></li>
<li id="fn:2"><p>Wilsdon, James (28 October 2011). "Reinventing Discovery". Financial Times. Retrieved 9 January 2012. <a href="https://www.ft.com/cms/s/2/c5f01366-fef3-11e0-9769-00144feabdc0.html#axzz1j00AdfTh" target="_blank">https://www.ft.com/cms/s/2/c5f01366-fef3-11e0-9769-00144feabdc0.html#axzz1j00AdfTh</a> <a href="#fnref:2" class="footnote-back-ref">↩</a></p></li>
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