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The 'size' of science has doubled steadily every 15 years. In a century this means a factor of 100. For every single scientific paper or for every single scientist in 1670, there were 100 in 1770, 10,000 in 1870 and 1,000,000 in 1970.
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John Ziman
Age: 79 †
Born: 1925
Born: May 16
Died: 2005
Died: January 2
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John Michael Ziman
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