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Brian Vickery

Other affiliations: Imperial Chemical Industries
Bio: Brian Vickery is an academic researcher from University College London. The author has contributed to research in topics: Information system & Information science. The author has an hindex of 19, co-authored 40 publications receiving 1509 citations. Previous affiliations of Brian Vickery include Imperial Chemical Industries.

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01 Jul 1987
TL;DR: There is a completely new chapter on the "The Internet and Information Science." This will take up themes discussed in earlier chapters and reconsiders them in the light of the new information environment.
Abstract: This is the 3rd revised edition of the classic work "Information Science in Theory and Practice." There is a completely new chapter on the "The Internet and Information Science." This will take up themes discussed in earlier chapters and reconsiders them in the light of the new information environment.

175 citations

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TL;DR: An analysis of periodical references, borrowed by the library of Butterwick Research Laboratories from outside libraries, found a certain misunderstanding became evident in the algebraic analysis carried out by Bradford and his collaborators, further consideration of which has proved of interest.
Abstract: DURING the course of an analysis of some 1,600 periodical references, borrowed by the library of Butterwick Research Laboratories from outside libraries, the results of the analysis were compared with studies on the scatter of articles in periodicals carried out at the Science Library. These were originally published in the journal Engineering, vol. cxxxvii, p. 85, 26 Jan. 1934, and were recently summarized by S. C. Bradford in his book, Documentation (London: Crosby Lockwood and Son, Ltd., 1948). A certain misunderstanding became evident in the algebraic analysis carried out by Bradford and his collaborators, further consideration of which has proved of interest.

138 citations

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01 Jan 1981

134 citations

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TL;DR: In this book Peter Burke adopts a socio-cultural approach to examine the changes in the organization of knowledge in Europe from the invention of printing to.
Abstract: In this book Peter Burke adopts a socio-cultural approach to examine the changes in the organization of knowledge in Europe from the invention of printing to.Buy A Social History of Knowledge: From Gutenberg to Diderot, Based on the First Series of Vonhoff Lectures Given at the University of Groningen Nether by.Access article in PDF. Peter Burke, A Social History of Knowledge: From Gutenberg to Diderot Cambridge, U.K. : Polity Press, 2000, 268 pp. If anything could, this book, A Social History of Knowledge, covering. From Gutenberg to Diderot 2000, should produce an answer.Peter Burke, A Social History of Knowledge: From Gutenberg to Diderot. Headrick, When Information Came of.A Social History of Knowledge: From Gutenberg to Diderot. OToole show all 1 hide. Close Plain text.Peter Burke. A Social History of Knowledge from Gutenberg to Diderot. New Perspectives of Historical Writing, second edition Cambridge, UK: Politiy.It is often inspired by Marxism of social constructivism and is related to the sociology of science. A Social History of Knowledge. A PDF copy of the table of contents is available here click.A Social History ofKnowledge: From Gutenberg to Diderot. Knowledge and Burkes Media, together, the one concentrating on knowledge itself, and the other.Peter Burkes Social History of Knowledgeambitious, fascinating, and exhaustive. Three centuries, A Social History of Knowledge: From Gutenberg to Diderot.It draws on material discussed in more detail and with more ample footnotes in the forthcoming book, A Social History of Knowledge from. Gutenberg to Diderot.The history of knowledge is a field that is related to, but also different from the history of science, the. A social history of knowledge. From Gutenberg to Diderot.would be seen as such by many but note Moores historical and. Burke, Peter 2000 A Social History of Knowledge: From Gutenberg to Diderot. Geography, cultural difference, social hierarchy, what is art and what is. The article is assigned and will be available in pdf format on a. History of Knowledge from Gutenberg to Diderot Malden, MA: Polity, 2000, pp. Without consciously researching its history, a watch wearer. Peter Burke, A Social History of Knowledge: From Gutenberg to Diderot, Malden, Mass. : Polity.Technology supporting the production of academic knowledge has come a long way and Europes. A social history of knowledge: From Gutenberg to Diderot. 2002 9 Peter Burke, A Social History of Knowledge: from Gutenberg to Diderot 13 3 247-252 2002 3 . How does their way of reasoning, qua social scientists. Http:soc.hse.rudata201111101268995698VIRTUALIZATION2011.pdfpage 121. Becker.The course will examine the production and circulation of knowledge in light of changing. A Social History of Knowledge: From Gutenberg to Diderot. Polity.In this book Peter Burke adopts a socio-cultural approach to examine the changes in the organization of knowledge in Europe from the invention of printing to.Jun 18, 2012.

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01 Jan 1998
TL;DR: The mechanisms underlying plant resistance to invading herbivores on the one side, and insect food specialization on the other, are the main subjects of this book.
Abstract: Half of all insect species are dependent on living plant tissues, consuming about 10% of plant annual production in natural habitats and an even greater percentage in agricultural systems, despite sophisticated control measures. Plants are generally remarkably well-protected against insect attack, with the result that most insects are highly specialized feeders. The mechanisms underlying plant resistance to invading herbivores on the one side, and insect food specialization on the other, are the main subjects of this book. For insects these include food-plant selection and the complex sensory processes involved, with their implications for learning and nutritional physiology, as well as the endocrinological spects of life cycle synchronization with host plant phenology. In the case of plants exposed to insect herbivores, they include the activation of defence systems in order to minimize damage, as well as the emission of chemical signals that may attract natural enemies of the invading herbivores and maybe exploited by neighbouring plants that mount defences as well.

1,857 citations

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TL;DR: This study presents an extensive domain analysis of a discipline—information science—in terms of its authors, revealing the disciplinary and institutional affiliations of contributors to information science, and evidence on the general nature and state of integration of information science.
Abstract: This study presents an extensive domain analysis of a discipline—information science—in terms of its authors. Names of those most frequently cited in 12 key journals from 1972 through 1995 were retrieved from Social Scisearch via DIALOG. The top 120 were submitted to author co-citation analyses, yielding automatic classifications relevant to histories of the field. Tables and graphics reveal: (1) The disciplinary and institutional affiliations of contributors to information science; (2) the specialty structure of the discipline over 24 years; (3) authors' memberships in 1 or more specialties; (4) inertia and change in authors' positions on 2-dimensional subject maps over 3 8-year subperiods, 1972–1979, 1980–1987, 1988–1995; (5) the 2 major subdisciplines of information science and their evolving memberships; (6) “canonical” authors who are in the top 100 in all three subperiods; (7) changes in authors' eminence and influence over the subperiods, as shown by mean co-citation counts; (8) authors with marked changes in their mapped positions over the subperiods; (9) the axes on which authors are mapped, with interpretations; (10) evidence of a paradigm shift in information science in the 1980s; and (11) evidence on the general nature and state of integration of information science. Statistical routines include ALSCAL, INDSCAL, factor analysis, and cluster analysis with SPSS; maps and other graphics were made with DeltaGraph. Theory and methodology are sufficiently detailed to be usable by other researchers. © 1998 John Wiley & Sons, Inc.

1,148 citations

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TL;DR: The origins of the CCDC are traced, the growth of the CSD and its extensive associated software system are described, and its impact and value are summarized as a basis for research in structural chemistry, materials science and the life sciences, including drug discovery and drug development.
Abstract: The Cambridge Crystallographic Data Centre (CCDC) was established in 1965 to record numerical, chemical and bibliographic data relating to published organic and metal–organic crystal structures. The Cambridge Structural Database (CSD) now stores data for nearly 700 000 structures and is a comprehensive and fully retrospective historical archive of small-molecule crystallography. Nearly 40 000 new structures are added each year. As X-ray crystallography celebrates its centenary as a subject, and the CCDC approaches its own 50th year, this article traces the origins of the CCDC as a publicly funded organization and its onward development into a self-financing charitable institution. Principally, however, we describe the growth of the CSD and its extensive associated software system, and summarize its impact and value as a basis for research in structural chemistry, materials science and the life sciences, including drug discovery and drug development. Finally, the article considers the CCDC’s funding model in relation to open access and open data paradigms.

974 citations

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TL;DR: The literature reveals that although the problem of information overload has existed for many years, in recent years the problem has become more widely recognised and experienced and the effects have been exacerbated by the rapid advances made in information and communication technology.

873 citations