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Physics of the Running of the People from the Bulls

December 7, 2021 Marc Abrahams

The running of the people who are running from the bulls at the Running of the Bulls in Pamplona, Spain, begs for some insights. Insights — insights about the running of those people from those bulls — course through the paragraphs of this newly published study: “Pedestrian Dynamics at the Running of the Bulls Evidence […]

Arts and Science, Research Newsbulls, crowds, dynamics, people, Physics, running

Another cornucopia of co-authors

January 24, 2011 Marc Abrahams

It seems so innocent. The list begins “Khachatryan V, Sirunyan AM, Tumasyan A, Adam W, Bergauer T, Dragicevic M, Erö J,…” These are the first few co-authors of a paper called “Search for Stopped Gluinos in pp Collisions at sqrt[s]=7  TeV.”And then the list goes on, and on, and on… with about 2100 co-authors total. And […]

Arts and Science, Research Newsco-authors, crowds, hordes, multiple, multitudes

More Scientists Join Gangs

January 22, 2009 Marc Abrahams

More and more, more and more scientists are ganging up to write research studies. It’s no longer unusual to see a paper that lists more than 500 – that’s five hundred – co-authors. The journal Science Watch tracks statistics about which scientists publish where, when and how often. Every few years, Science Watch makes a […]

Extra-Improbable columnscrowds, gangs, multi-author, multitudes
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