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![]() Free Download Barry Bozeman, "The Strength in Numbers: The New Science of Team Science" English | ISBN: 0691174067 | 2017 | 248 pages | EPUB | 2 MB Once upon a time, it was the lone scientist who achieved brilliant breakthroughs. No longer. Today, science is done in teams of as many as hundreds of researchers who may be scattered across continents and represent a range of hierarchies. These collaborations can be powerful, but they demand new ways of thinking about scientific research. When three hundred people make a discovery, who gets credit? How can all collaborators' concerns be adequately addressed? 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