August 04, 2011

Power Law as Poetic Justice

This graph,

a bad power law fit to the scientific output of A.-L. Barabábsi, may be the single most ironic image I have ever seen in a scientific communication. Sadly, however, its authors do not seem to appreciate the irony. (And why can't they leave Mark and Su Shi alone?)

Via Mason and Aaron.

Power Laws; Learned Folly

Posted at August 04, 2011 12:05 | permanent link

Three-Toed Sloth