social networks in science and arts

Science made beautiful. My suggestion for this week's paper is:

Guimera, R., Uzzi, B., Spiro, J. and Nunes-Amaral, L.A. 2005. Team assembly mechanisms determine collaboration network structure and team performance. Science 308, 697-702; and

Barabási, A.L. 2005. Network Theory-the emergence of the creative enterprise, Science 308, 639.

Please notice that both papers are a same thing. The first one is an original paper published in science last week, and the other one is the comments (perspectives) about the relevance and context of this study. We will focus mainly on the second one (perspectives), but if you can read the original paper much better. Don't be afraid for the tittle, it is an easy to read, beautiful, focussing on scientific activity.

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