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1、SchweitzerandVespignaniEPJDataScience2012,1:1http://www.epjdatascience.com/content/1/1/1EPJ.orgEDITORIALOpenAccessEditorial12,3FSchweitzerandAVespignaniCorrespondence:Scienceischanging,allthetime.Someconsiderexternalfactorstobethemajordriv-fschweitzer@ethz.ch;a.i
2、ngforce,suchasnewdiscoveries,ornewtechnologiesthatprovidedeeperinsightsvespignani@neu.edu1ETHZürich,Kreuzplatz5,Zürich,intoknownsystems.Othersconsiderinternalfactorstobemoreimportant,suchas8032,Switzerlandthenever-endingsearchforeternaltruthsor,atleast,forthetheo
3、reticalunificationof2NortheasternUniversity,360HuntingtonAve.,Boston,diverseobservations.Yetothersbelievethatscienceisasocialendeavoranditsevolu-Massachusetts02115USAtionisgovernedbyforcesverysimilartothosethatcausefashionstochange,withFulllistofauthorinformation
4、isavailableattheendofthearticlenewresearchtopicsseemingtocatchourattentionandestablishedtopicsfallingoutofvogue.Wehavecometobelievethatalloftheseargumentsapply,andthatthevar-iousimpactsonscientificprogressareevenmutuallydependent.Fashionabletopicsco-evolvewithtec
5、hnologicaladvances,asdonewdiscoverieswithoverarchingtheories.However,sinceabouttheturnofthecenturywearefacinganewkindof(r)evolu-tioninsciencethatisdrivennotprimarilybynewdiscoveries,theories,orfashions-butbytheunprecedentedavailabilityofdata,whichis“outthere”andh
6、asyettobeexplored.Thespectacularadvancesinthenaturalsciencesoverthepasthundredyearshavebeenbuiltinsignificantpartonthecapacitytocollectandanalyzedata.Sowhatisthedifferencenow?Mostofthetime,findingandgeneratingdatawasascientificenterprisebyitself,tightlyknittoengi
7、neeringandtechnologicaldevelopments-fromthetelescopetothemicroscope,fromtheparticleacceleratortothemainframecom-puter.Buttheseadvanceswerebasicallydrivenbyhypotheses-assumptionsabouttherealworldthatneededtobetested.Experiments,observationsandcomputersimula-tionsw
8、eregroundedinscientificreflectionaboutwhatshouldbeexplainedinarationalmanner,i.e.,theylargelyfollowedtheunderlyingscientifichypotheses.Thisiswhathaschangednow.
