'Citations in a Scientific Revolution
- Kind
- Book
- Date
- 1973
- Publisher
- Studies in Earth and Space Sciences: A Memoir in Honor of Harry Hammond Hess
- Retrieved
- Jun 12, 2012
- ISBN
- QSocAQAAIA
1 meme from this reference
Journal Papers Don't Trigger Revolutions
It appears that the extremely important papers that trigger a revolution may not receive a proportionately large number of citations. The normal procedures of referencing are not used for folklore. A real scientific revolution, like any other revolution, is news. The Origin of Species sold out as fast as it could be…