culturomics
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Origin of culturomics
2010; cultur(e) + -omics , as in genomics
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"There are no bounds to what he can be interested in," says Lander, who, like others, suspects that culturomics might eventually be merely a sideline for Lieberman Aiden in his ascent in mathematical biology.
From Nature • Jun. 22, 2011
He was the man behind last year's "culturomics" study, where he looked at the evolution of human culture through the lens of four per cent of all the books ever published.
From Scientific American • Jun. 8, 2011
He named the science "culturomics" – the quantitative study of human culture.
From Scientific American • Jun. 8, 2011
Michel and Aiden revealed culturomics to the world in 2010, with a paper that offered a tasting platter of the n-grams’ potential.
From Scientific American • Jun. 8, 2011
They have started a group at Harvard called the Cultural Observatory, with the aim of creating more powerful sets of data like the one that powers culturomics.
From Scientific American • Jun. 8, 2011
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