TOGETHERNESS: This circular graph shows collaboration among the 25 nations with the largest science output, as measured in scientific papers that appeared in 2011 in a select group of journals. Not included are collaborations that took place inside each country.
When Mikhail Gorbachev freed Andrei Sakharov to travel to the U.S., one of the Russian nuclear physicist's first stops was the New York Academy of Sciences. Members of the academy's Board of Governors at that time, in 1988, had been leaders in mobilizing the scientific community to fight for Sakharov's freedom, and Sakharov wanted to extend his thanks for all their efforts.
This article was originally published with the title State of The World's Science.
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Add CommentScientific American is actively RESTRICTING the profeliferation of scientific knowledge due to monetary reasons.
Reply | Report Abuse | Link to thisOnly Americans can be that stupid.
Your ignorant exhibition of anti-American bias provides compelling evidence that anyone can be stupid.
Reply | Report Abuse | Link to thisI just saw a T-Shirt that said "Science - a liberal conspiracy" - funny that some people actually believe that evolution and climate change are conspiracy. By the way Michio Kaku, my favorite living physicist, has a youtube video talking about H-1B Genius Visa is America's Secret weapon, and that without it our scientific establishment would collapse because there are not enough qualified scientist in the Untied States to do the most advanced jobs.
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