Gisler, Monika; Sornette, Didier; Woodard, Ryan - In: Research Policy 40 (2011) 10, pp. 1412-1425
In this paper we present a detailed synthesis of the development of the Human Genome Project (HGP) from the mid 1980s through 2000, in order to test our hypothesis of “social bubbles”, which claims that strong social interactions between enthusiastic supporters weave a network of reinforcing...