Archive for June, 2012

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June 27, 2012

Are you afraid of equations?

by James Thorniley

Jellymatter is, we claim, not afraid of equations, but apparently scientists are. A study in PNAS claims to have found that theoretical biology papers are cited less when they are densely packed with mathematical language. The authors argue that this impedes progress, since empirical work needs to be backed up and commensurate with some theory to have deeper scientific meaning.

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