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Maths meets myths: Network investigations of ancient narratives
- Abstract:
- Three years ago, we initiated a programme of research in which ideas and tools from statistical physics and network theory were applied to the field of comparative mythology. The eclecticism of the work, together with the perspectives it delivered, led to widespread media coverage and academic discussion. Here we review some aspects of the project, contextualised with a brief history of the long relationship between science and the humanities. We focus in particular on an Irish epic, summarising some of the outcomes of our quantitative investigation. We also describe the emergence of a new sub-discipline and our hopes for its future.
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- Published
- Peer review status:
- Peer reviewed
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- Publisher copy:
- 10.1088/1742-6596/681/1/012002
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- Publisher:
- Institute of Physics
- Journal:
- Journal of Physics: Conference Series More from this journal
- Volume:
- 681
- Issue:
- 1
- Article number:
- 012002
- Publication date:
- 2016-02-01
- Acceptance date:
- 2024-07-30
- Event title:
- International Conference on Computer Simulation in Physics and Beyond 2015 (CSP-2015)
- Event location:
- Moscow, Russia
- Event start date:
- 2015-09-06
- Event end date:
- 2015-09-10
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1742-6596
- ISSN:
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1742-6588
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English
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pubs:611257
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uuid:13082139-53d9-4610-aaa3-7a69c6e0683a
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pubs:611257
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611257
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2016-03-22
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- Copyright holder:
- Kenna and Mac Carron
- Copyright date:
- 2016
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- Content from this work may be used under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution 3.0 licence. Any further distribution of this work must maintain attribution to the author(s) and the title of the work, journal citation and DOI. Published under licence by IOP Publishing Ltd
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