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"Maths Meets Myths" (MMM or "Mythematics") is a research project that started with funding from the Leverhulme Trust in 2011.
It has pioneered investigations into network structures in ancient and medieval epic narratives.
The first paper is the most downloaded in the history of the European Physical Society’s flagship journal,
featuring in “highlights of the year” and elsewhere.
Publications, magazine articles and books followed, triggering global interest including in TV, radio, newspapers and online, reaching millions of people.
Further funding came from the European Science Foundation and the EU's FP7 and H2020 programmes.
The impact from the project arises from creative mergers of Maths Myths & Metrics (MMM).
MMM impacted widely and deeply on society and culture, igniting interests which lay dormant to public awareness for centuries.
E.g., it sparked protests against misappropriation of mythology in Ireland where recent selection of a colonial,
neo-classical statue overwrites cultural authenticity.
MMM triggered poetry, art, music, collaborative street performances, community events, a partition signed by hundreds of people and
multiple and repeated media activities citing the research.
This website documents some of that impact.
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Academic papers are listed here.
The Ossianic network is here
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List of links to related web pages I find interesting
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General News
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24 January 2018 |
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5-minute, 39-second interview on RTE1 radio (the show has 423,000 listeners per day)
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Morning Ireland is the breakfast news programme broadcast by RTÉ Radio 1 in Ireland and is noted as that country's most listened to radio programme.
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9 December 2017 |
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I was honoured to be named for a second time as one of the "trailblazers and trendsetters' of the ``Global Irish''.
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The Irish Post is the biggest selling national newspaper for the Irish community in Great Britain.
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3 December 2016 |
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I was honoured to be named as one of the "trailblazers, creators, groundbreakers and trendsetters"
of "The Irish in Britain 2016" by the Irish Post.
These include people born in Ireland, with one or both parents born in Ireland, with grandparents or more
distant Irish roots but who identify with Ireland, born in Britain with Irish heritage who have returned
to live in Ireland or "honorary Irish" with no Irish connection but identify or have worked on bahalf
of the Irish community.
About 600 people were selected includig 24 in the "Educators, Teachers, Professors,
Academics & Charity" sector.
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The Irish Post is ``a trusted brand for over four decades in Britain'', which
``now reaches a global audience through its weekly newspaper; website irishpost.co.uk and social media channels.''
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27 February 2017 |
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I am very pleased to see this article in a newspaper from my home-town (Athlone).
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The Westmeath Independent is an Irish regional weekly newspaper with 34,024 readers.
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14 November 2016 |
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Another article in the Times about our book.
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The Times has a Circulation of 446,164.
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14 November 2016 |
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Article in the Times about our book.
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The Times has a Circulation of 446,164.
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2017 |
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Our book, Maths Meets Myths: Quantitative Approaches to Ancient Narratives,
is published.
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Springer (Springer Nature) is a global publishing company that publishes books, e-books and peer-reviewed journals in science,
technical and medical (STM) publishing.
Book publications include major reference works, textbooks, monographs and book series.
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7 October 2017 |
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In an interview
on the programme "Tomorrow", on the Ukrainian radios staion Skovproda, Professpr Yurij Holovatch mentions our work.
is published.
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Skovoroda is a Ukrainian radio station. The program, named "Tomorrow" was about about the future of science.
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10 December 2014 |
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Video about our work on CU research website.
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Within a week, this video became the most watched ever on CU's Research YouTube channel (It had 450 views in the first week.) By end of 2017 it has 1,339 views.
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23-26 May 2014 |
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Collaboration with LAS Theatre
to create a show at The Mysteries Festival in Coventry.
The concept, termed "The Enlightenment Café", is science communication through theatre.
This show was about the evolution of ideas and creativity.
Three research groups from Warwick and two from Coventry were invited to contribute.
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The award winning LAS Theatre do their shows in collaboration with scientists and science institutions. They create worlds in which the science is the centre piece and which allows audiences to discuss and play with what they learn. We did 6 shows over 3 days, reaching a local audience of hundreds. The event was covered by local media including
the Coventry Telegraph here.
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Impact by the Institute of Condensed Matter Physics in Lviv.
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The Institute for Condensed Matter Physics (ICMP) of the NAS of Ukraine is the scientific research centre of the National Academy of Sciences of Ukraine, affiliated with the Department of Physics and Astronomy of NAS of Ukraine.
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News and impact from our ACS on Ossian
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29 October 2016 |
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Article in the Irish Post about our paper on Ossian.
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The biggest selling national newspaper for the Irish community in Britain. It has a circulation of 2,000.
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26 October 2016 |
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Reporter David Lankner ran a 900-word article on our work.
The printed version of this article appeared in Magyar Nemzet.
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Magyar Nemzet is a major Hungarian newspaper published in Hungary. The paper had a circulation of 64,209 copies in 2009, making it the fifth best-selling daily in the country.
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22 October 2016 |
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Online report by journalist Lorna Siggins.
Scottish bard Ossian 'fabricated' from Irish mythology.
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A daily broadsheet Irish paper with a circulation of 90,633.
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21 October 2016 |
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Article in Old Moore's Almanac about our work on Ossian.
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Old Moore's Almanac has been published for over two and a half centuries - since 1764.
The circulation of the hard copy is around 47,000, with most sales achieved in Athlone, Dublin, Galway and Cork.
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21 October 2016 |
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Article in the Times about our paper on Ossian.
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The Times has a Circulation of 446,164.
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21 October 2016 |
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Article in the Independent about our paper on Ossian.
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Audited sales for 2016 show The Independent's daily sale at 225,516.
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21.10.2016 |
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Article in the Express about our paper on Ossian.
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The Daily Express has a circulation of 391,626.
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21.10.2016 |
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Article in the the Daily Mail's ``This is Money'' about our paper on Ossian.
The 'Homer of the North' was a literary HOAX: Scientists reveal Ossian's works were copies of 12th-century Irish tales..
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This is the online financial arm of the Mail and multiple 'financial website of the year' winner.
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21.10.2016 |
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Article in the Scotsman about our paper on Ossian.
Scotland’s epic Ossian poems 'stolen from Ireland'..
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The Scotsman has a print circulation of 19,449, with a paid-for circulation of 88.3% of this figure, about 14,000. Scotsman.com websites, has 97,200 visitors a day.
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21.10.2016 |
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Article in Deadline News by Annie Butterworth.
Scotland’s epic Ossian poems 'stolen from Ireland'..
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One of Scotland's leading agencies serving content to national newspapers, magazines and online press.
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News and impact from our EPJB on Icelandic sagas:
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2 June 2016 |
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Reporter Philippa Skett ran 300-word report
on our work titled "Using network science to uncover the truth behind bloodshed, battles and conflict in the Sagas of Icelanders".
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Phys.org has 2 million readers per month. and 1.4 million "likes" on Facebook.
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01 June 2016 |
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Physics World commissioned us to write an article on Math Meets Myths.
The article was published as Physics World Volume 29, Number 6 (June 2016) pp. 22-27.
Our article features on the front page.
It is also available here.
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Physics World is the monthly magazine of the
Institute of Physics and has 110,000 readers.
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28 March 2016 |
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Our work is featured in an article
``Physicists at the Gate: Collaboration and Tribalism in Science''
by Veronique Greenwood for Undark magazine.
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Undark is an editorially independent digital publication based at the Knight Science Journalism Program in Cambridge, MA, USA.
The program is headquartered at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology and its Program in Science, Technology & Society,
a division of the School of Humanities, Arts & Social Sciences.
Undark has 1,724 Twitter followers
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11 March 2016 |
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Honourable mention in a report about a lecture by Professor Yurij Holovatch in the Ukrainian portal
``ZBRUCH''.
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ZBRUCH is a Ukrainian news website.
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04 March 2016 |
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Our work features on a blog
from the Universidad Nacional del Sur in Argentina, which brings together graduate-course material for "Social Network Analysis".
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The Universidad Nacional del Sur is the largest national university in southern Argentina.
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Spring 2016 |
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Our work is required reading
in the University of Oslo where it is required for the History course HIS2143 about the Viking age run by the Department of Archaeology,
Conservation and History.
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The university is the oldest and largest in Norway, ranked 58 in the world and the third best in the Nordic countries.
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03 February 2016 |
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Honourable mention in Preface to Journal of Physics: Conference Series special issue titled
``New trends in Computer Simulations in Physics and not only in physics''.
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IOP Conference Series is the Institute of Physics proceedings journal.
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04 November2015 |
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The Frankfurter Allgemeine Zeitung ran a full page article,
``Die Netze der Helden und Täter'', about our work.
It is also available as a pdf here, with photo
here.
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FAZ is the German newspaper with the widest circulation abroad, read in 148 countries every day.
The 2007 circulation of the daily was 382,499 copies.
The article we written by Silvio Dahmen (mit Hilfe der Ressortleiter der FAZ, Herrn Müller-Jung).
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24 October 2015 |
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Article in Nereye
``Veriler Teorisi Ve Iskandinav Destanlarinin Kahramanlari'' (Theory of Heroes from Scandinavian Saga Data).
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Nereye is a turkish magazine of concernmed with archaeological and cultural tours. I couldn't find readership data but their Facebook site has 25,000 followers.
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23 April 2015 |
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Networks Workshop: Applying Network Science to Humanities Resources
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This was a workshop instigated by Dr MacCarron and organised by Dr Justin Tonra. Speakers were Prof. Kenna, Dr Padraig Mac Carron and Joseph Yose. The event was highly successful (oversubscribed and with participants coming from as far as Cork).
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09 February 2015 |
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The European Physical Society
blogged about our
EPJB paper on the sagas of Iceland.
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This is only the third ever blog by the EPS about a paper in an associated journal. The other two were a review in 2014 and our EPL on mythology in 2012.
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16 December 2014 |
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Springer Physics (who publish EPJB where one of our mythology papers appeared) tweeted about our video.
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In an e-mail they said ``Just watched it - great!.''
They have 5,357 followers on Twitter. Springer also made the article free to view for 2 months.
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12 December 2014 |
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The Society for Industrial and Applied Mathematics posted about our video on Facebook and on Twitter.
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They said ``Thanks for the video. It’s great! We’ve posted it on our Facebook, Twitter and Google Plus pages and favorited it on YouTube.'' They hav 9,255 followers on Facebook and 3,580 on Twitter.
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10 December 2014 |
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The Leverhulme Trust (who funded our mythology research) tweets
about our video.
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In an e-mail they said ``It’s a great little video. I’ll be sure to circulate it within the Trust, and also share it via social media.'' They hav 7,202 followers on Twitter.
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10 December 2014
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Coventry university place video about our work on its research website.
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The video is the most watched video ever on CU's Research YouTube channel – and it’s only been released for a week! (It had 450 views in the first week.)
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15 July 2014 |
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Social networks can help us understand Viking mythology
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Article in the Verge about our work by Veronique Greenwood.
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The Verge has over 635,000 followers on Twitter and 536,000 likes on Facebook. This article gained over 1,000 Facebook likes in under a week and over 500 tweets.
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23-26 May 2014
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Collaboration with LAS Theatre to create a show at The Mysteries Festival
in Coventry in May 2014.
The concept, termed "The Enlightenment Café", is science communication through theatre.
This show was about the evolution of ideas and creativity.
Three research groups from Warwick and two from Coventry were invited to contribute.
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The award winning LAS Theatre do their shows in collaboration with scientists and science institutions. They create worlds in which the science is the
centre piece and which allows audiences to discuss and play with what they learn. We did 6 shows over 3 days,
reaching a local audience of hundreds. The event was covered by local
media including the Coventry Telegraph. It was also reported on in Broadway World.
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18 July 2014
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Facebook for VIKINGS: Experts create social network for characters in Icelandic sagas:
Article in the Daily Mail about our work.
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The Daily Mail has a circulation of 1,708,006 and a readership of 3.951 million.
They have over 100 million unique visitors per month to their website.
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21 January 2014
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Vikings - They're Just Like Us! Social Networks in Norse Sagas
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Article about our work in Nautilus.
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Nautilus is a newsletter and blog and publishes a new chapter of feature stories on its monthly theme, every Thursday.
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January 2014
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Statistical Analysis of ancient Texts Paints Vikings as Social networking Pros
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Article about our work in Prime Insight.
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Prime Insight is the leading professional recruitment consultancy for the Insights, Data Analytics and Market Research Sectors.
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11.01.2014
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vikings may have been more social than savage:
Article about our work in China Suppliers News
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This is a UK Based China Sourcing company. They provide
Western service, quality and ethics sourced at China costs.
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03.10.2013
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Un programme informatique pour decrypter la civilisation viking:
Article in Culture Urbaines by Benjamin Chapon.
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Culture Urbaines is a French cultural magazine.
The website has 4,376,000 readers per day.
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07 January 2014
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Vikings and superheroes: How interconnected characters may reveal the reality behind the stories:
Article about our work.
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Science Daily has 3.5 million visitors per month.
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01/10/2013
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Research suggests Vikings more social than savage
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Article about our work in Marq Review.
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Marq Review - el mundo de la arqueologia y los museos
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07.01.2014
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Vikings and Superheroes: How Interconnected Characters May Reveal the Reality Behind the Stories
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Article about our work in E! Science News.
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E! Science News has the latest & breaking science news articles, continuously updated from all major science news sources around the web.
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07.01.2014
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Vikings & superheroes: How interconnected characters may reveal the reality behind the stories:
Article about our work.
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Online newspaper
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07.01.2014
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Pittwater Online News
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Vikings and superheroes: How interconnected characters may reveal the reality behind the stories:
Article about our work.
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Australian online newspaper
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08.01.2014
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Are 'brave and romantic' Viking tales of Norse people true?:
Article about our work.
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Sify Movies is the 3rd largest IP VPN service provider in India.
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07.01.2014
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Vikings and superheroes: How interconnected characters may reveal the reality behind the stories
(Link removed after 2 months.)
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Online newspaper
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08.01.2014
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Are 'brave and romantic' Viking tales of Norse people true?:
Article about our work.
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Yahoo Lifestyle India is an online newspaper.
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08.01.2014
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Are 'brave and romantic' Viking tales of Norse people true?:
Story by Machan Kumar.
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IMDb claimes to be the number 1 movie website in the world with > 190 million unique monthly visitors.
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January 2014
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How Interconnected Characters May Reveal the Reality Behind the Stories of Viking Sagas
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Magazine feature.
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Heritage Daily is an independent online news and academic magazine, dedicated to the archaeology, heritage and history of the world.
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18.12.2013
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Viking sagas: Six degrees of Icelandic separation Social networks from the Viking era:
Article about our work.
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Wiley Online Library.
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08.01.2014
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Vikings & Superheroes: How Interconnected Characters May Reveal the Reality Behind the Stories:
Article about our work.
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AlphaGalileo is an independent source of breaking news for the media. |
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07.01.2014
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Vikings and superheroes: How interconnected characters may reveal the reality behind the stories
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Feature in Phys.Org about our work.
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Phys.Org has 1.75 million readers per month.
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19.12.2013
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Viking sagas: Six degrees of Icelandic separation
Significance Magazine (Royal Statistical Society and the American Statistical Association) runs a front-page feature on our work for the 10th anniveraty of their magazine and in the International Year of Statistics.
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circulation = 28,000 (Members of both the Royal Statistical Society and the American Statistical Association receive Significance.
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25.12.2013 |
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Vikings: Savages or Social Butterflies? (YSM)
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Elena Malloy Yale Scientific Magazine article about our work.
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Yale Scientific Magazine is the USA's oldest college science publication. Its circulation is about 2,000
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26.11.2013
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Mathematical modeling and humanities
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Artem Korsun's article (in Russian) about our work in Pro science(Russia)
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This website publishes political news and commentary daily, as well as keeping close to the pulse of Russia’s intellectual life. Polit.ru, whose articles are outstanding among Russian internet sites for their quality, hosts Russian social thinkers, historians, philosophers, NGO activists, journalists, and economists.
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26.11.2013
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Die sozialen Wikinger
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Article about our work by
Andreas Knudsen, Kopenhagen in Neues Deutschland (Germany).
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Neues Deutschland is a socialist daily newspaper in GErmany with a circulation of 48,811.
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11.10.2013
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Vikingos tenían más cualidades sociales y comunicativas que salvajes, concluye estudio
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Illustrated article (in Spanish) about our work.
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El Periódico CR (Costa Rica) has 10,000 readers per week.
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07.10.2013
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Social Vikings Recreated as Epic
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Article by Igor Crane about our work (in Russian.
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webscience.ru (Russia)
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02.10.2013
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Research suggests the Vikings may have been more social than savage
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Article by the Bip Team about our work.
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The Business Information Portal is a business publication in the West Midlands of the UK
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06.08.2013
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Os gregos já curtiam uma comunidade
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Nelson de Sá reports on our work in Observatório da Imprensa .
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Observatório da Imprensa is a Brazilian website for television and radio programs.
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12.02.2013
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Suzanne Scala reports for the Doreen B. Townsend Centre for the Humanities (University of California, Berkeley)
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Article about our work.
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The Doreen B. Townsend Center for the Humanities encourages an interdisciplinary approach to scholarship, fosters innovation in research, and promotes intellectual conversation among individuals from the humanities and related academic disciplines. It is committed to enriching the existing wealth of intellectual resources at Berkeley.
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01.10.2013
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Víkingarnir voru félagslyndir:
Sverrir Vilhelmsson reports for Iceland's Morgunblaðið.
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Morgunblaðið (The Morning Paper) has as of circulation 50,000 to 55,000 in Iceland.
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15.10.2013
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The Vikings also "hang" on social networks
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Article by Igor Booker in Pravda (Russia)about our work.
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Pravda has a circulation of 100,000.
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02.10.2013
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Ancient sagas show Vikings more social, less warlike:
Article in Arab Today about our work.
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Arab Today is an English news and lifestyle website.
With award-winning and specialist correspondents posted around the world’s major cities and support from professional news agencies - Reuters, UPI and Agence France-Presse - Arab Today has the world covered.
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03.10.2013
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Vikingii - o societate sălbatică Şi brutală? O nouă teorie clatină acest stereotip:
Article about our work in Descopera (Romania).
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Descopera (Discovery) is a Romanian science magazine
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04.10.2013
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Matematikusok kutatták a viking társadalmat: Article about our work in Mukti Kor (Hungary).
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Mult Kor is a Hungarian science portal.
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06.10.2013
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Les Vikings, plus sociables et moins sauvages qu'on ne le pensait?:
Morgane Henry reports on our work for Gentside Découvertes (France).
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Gentside Découvertes(France) for plant sciences, health technologies and more.
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06.10.2013
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Vikings were "Real People" and Not Just Marauders, New Analysis of their Social Networking Shows:
The New Observer Article about our work.
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The New Observer is a free and independent news service designed to present current affairs without the spin of the controlled media.
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03.10.2013
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Study: Vikings were sociable, not savage:
Article about our work.
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Iceland.is - the official gateway to Iceland
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04.10.2013
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The violent Vikings? Saga research reveals warriors were friendlier than previously thought:
BBC News report by Sarah Griffiths.
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BBC News for up-to-the-minute news, breaking news, video, audio and feature stories. |
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04.10.2013
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The violent Vikings? Saga research reveals warriors were friendlier than previously thought - but flared up over small disputes:
Article by Sarah Griffiths in the Daily Mail about our work.
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The Daily Mail has a circulation of 1,708,006 and a readership of 3.951 million.
They have over 100 million unique visitors per month to their website.
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02.10.2013
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Ancient Sagas Show Vikings More Social, Less Warlike
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Article about our work.
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Personal Liberty Digest (USA) had (on this date) 786,000 likes on Facebook
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03.10.2013 |
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Vikings May Have Been Social, Not Savage
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Article by Nemurenay about our work.
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Laboratory Equipment is an international resource for the laboratory equipment industry.
They have a circulation of 66,420 and a readership of 110,000 (lab managers, supervisors, scientists, engineers, etc.).
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01.10.2013
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Research suggests Vikings more social than savage
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Article about our work on History News Network (George Mason Uni).
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History News Network has more than 11,000 weekly subscribers;
1.5 million page views per month; more than 300,000 unique visitors per month; and over 7.6 million hits per month.
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04.10.2013
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Vikings were more social than savage
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Article about our work.
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Business Standard (India) has a circulation of 217,000.
The website attracts 1.5 million unique visitors every month.
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03.10.2013
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Viking society was more civilised than previously believed: study
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Article about our work in Pakistan's Daily Times.
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The Daily Times is an English-language Pakistani newspaper.
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01.10.2013
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The Sagas of the Icelanders May Not be Myth After All
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An article in "Before Its News".
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"Before Its News" has over 5,000 visiors at any given tim.
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08.10.2013
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Les Vikings, plus sociables qu'on ne le pensait
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French rticle about our work.
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Midi Libre (a French daily newspaper) has a circulation of 168,312.
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03.10.2013
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Research suggests the Vikings may have been more social than savage
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Magazine feature.
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Heritage Daily is an independent online news and academic magazine, dedicated to the archaeology, heritage and history of the world.
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01.10.2013
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New study suggests Viking society was more civilized than previously believed
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Eric Pfeiffer's article in Yahoo News.
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As of November 2014, Yahoo News ranked second among global news sites.
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01.10.2013
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Ancient sagas show Vikings more social, less warlike
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Staff writers at Terra Daily report on our work.
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Terra Daily has a global audience of decision makers.
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03.10.2013
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Study: Vikings were Sociable, not Savage
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Article in the Iceland Review.
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Iceland Review is the longest running magazine presenting Iceland, in continuous print since 1963. Iceland Review includes features on Iceland’s nature, culture, society, politics and business as well as photographs.
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02.10.2013
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Vikings were more social than savage
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Article in Zee News
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Zee News is an Indian news and current affairs channel.
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02.10.2013
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Vikings may Have Been More Social than Savage
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Norwegian article about our research.
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The Nordic Page is the only printed English-language newspaper in Norway. It is published once a month with full-color pages.
It has a circulation of 3,000.
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02.10.2013
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Statistical analysis of ancient texts paints Vikings as social networking pros
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Article by Liat Clark
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Wired News (UK) has a monthly circulation = 49,377.
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02.10.2013
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V iking histories and physics
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Interview on BBC Coventry & Warwickshire's Shane o'Connor Show
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Vikings may have been more social than savage:
Article about our work.
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Science Daily has 3.5 million visitors per month.
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01.10.2013
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Research suggests the Vikings may have been more social than savage
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Feature in Phys.Org about our work.
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Phys.Org has 1.75 million readers per month (scientists, researchers, and engineers).
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01.10.2013
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Viking Society Contained Vast Social Networks
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Article about our work in Nature world News
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Nature world News
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01.10.2013
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Research Suggests The Vikings May Have Been More Social Than Savage:
Article by Alton Parrish.
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The Daily Journalist
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01.10.2013
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The Vikings Were More Social Than Savage, Says Research
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Article in FINNBAY about our work.
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FINNBAY(Finland) has a print circulation of over 15,000.
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01.10.2013
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Ancient sagas show Vikings more social, less warlike
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United Press International (UPI)
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UPI has 2,281,179 unique visitors per month |
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01.10.2013
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Breaking Stereotypes: Vikings May Have Been More Social Than Savage
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Article about our work.
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Eurasia Review is an independent journal and think tank that provides a venue for analysts and experts to disseminate content on a wide-range of subjects that are often overlooked or under-represented by Western dominated media. It has 10,000 subscribers, 50,000 daily pageviews, 2 million monthly pageviews.
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01.10.2013
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Vikings May Have Been More Social Than Savage
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Article about our work in the Daily News (USA).
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Circulation = 516,165 daily
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01.10.2013
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Research suggests the Vikings may have been more social than savage:
Article about our work.
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01.10.2013
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Vikings May Have Been More Social Than Savage:
Article about our work. (This received over 1,000 Facebook "likes2 and over 100 tweets.)
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Science Daily has 3.5 million visitors per month.
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01.10.2013
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Academic research suggests the Vikings may have been more social than savage
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Coventry University issues a to do with our paper on Icelandic sagas.
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News and impact from our EPL on Anglo-Saxon, Greek and Irish mythology:
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June 2013
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We received this postcard
from Donald Knuth, the famous computer scientist and inventor of TeX.
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Donald Knuth is a famous computer scientist and mathematician.
He is the author of The Art of Computer Programming and has been called the "father of the analysis of algorithms". Knuth used to pay a finder's fee for any errors discovered in his books. These reward checks are among computerdom's most prized trophies. OK, ours is not one of these, but we value it highly nonetheless.
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16 October 2012
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Pádraig Mac Carron won the Ede and Ravenscroft prize for Coventry University.
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Ede and Ravenscroft provide ceremonial robes for all occasions and sponsor important educational projects, prestigious awards and prizes. These include awards for outstanding academic achievement, as in Pádraig's case.
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March 2013
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Our paper becomes the most downloaded ever from EPL.
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EPL is Europe's flaghip physics journal. |
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31 May 2013
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"Loudly" report (in Ukrainian) on the Physics Meets Humanities Lectures
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RK was one of three invited speakers for this exciting interdisciplinary event in Lviv.
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31 May 2013
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Report on the Physics Meets Humanities Lectures in Russian and Ukrainian
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News from Ukraine
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26.07.2012
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Report on our work on Albanian TV station:
Rrjetet sociale, si poemat epike
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Top Channel
is an independent national television in Albania
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31 May 2013
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Press Release from the Ivan Franko Universlity on the Physics Meets Humanities Lectures
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The Ivan Franko National University of Lviv is the oldest continuously operating university in Ukraine and one of the oldest in Europe. It is located in the historic city of Lviv in Lviv Oblast of western Ukraine.
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April 2013
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Applying Math to Myth Helps Separate Fact from Fiction,
SIAM News, Volume 46, Number 3, April 2013
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The Society for Industrial and Applied Mathematics exists to ensure the strongest interactions between mathematics and other scientific and technological communities through membership activities, publication of journals and books, and conferences.
It has over 13,000 individual members and 500 institutional members.
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2012
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Our mythology paper has been selected to be included in the EPL Highlights of 2012. "This collection celebrates the most influential research published in the journal from the last 12 months, and will be promoted in print and online for the next 12 months."
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EPL is the flagship publication of the European Physical Society. which has 41 national Member Societies, representing over 120,000 members.
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22 Feb 2013
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Plexus Institute interview
with Pádraig and discussion hosted by June Holley.
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The Plexus Institute (USA)designs, leads and participates in research projects to explore new approaches to quality improvement, organizational change, and system development.
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13 November 2012
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Article by Jaroslav Petr Jak poznat pravdu skrytou ve starých mýtech? (How to tell the truth hidden in the old myths?)in Věda a technika mládeži (Young Science and Technology; )
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Věda a technika mládeži is a Czech magazine with circulationof 40,000. |
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October 2012
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Se Aquiles usasse o Facebook...: A report on our work from Brazil (in Portuguese).
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R7 is a news and entertainment portal in Brazil.
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01 September 2012
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Myth and Math: Article in theIrish Post by Mal Rogers.
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The Irish Post has a circulation of 2,000. It is a weekly newspaper for the Irish in Britain.
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08 September 2012
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Se Aquiles usasse o Facebook...:
Feature in New York Times (translation of article to Portuguese).
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The New York Times (Sunday edition) has a circulation of 1,492,307.
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10 September 2012
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If Achilles Used Facebook: Literary Societies' Historicity Article in The National Herald (USA)
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The National Herald (USA) has a circulation is over 80,000.
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08 September 2012
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The Social Networks of Myths - If Achilles Used Facebook...:
Feature in New York Times.
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The New York Times (Sunday edition) has a circulation of 1,492,307.
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02 August 2012
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Interview on Quentin Cooper's show Material World. We start about 13 minutes into the programme.
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The station's record weekly audience is 10.5 million.
No specific figures are available for specific programme airings but the average is around 2.5 million.
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01 August 2012
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Athlone man behind maths study which sheds light on myth:
Feature by Deirdre Verney in the Westmeath Independent.
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The Westmeath Independent is an Irish regional weekly newspaper with 34,024 readers.
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01 August 2012
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Interview: The social networks in epic poems: Interview with Taylor Quimby, Word of Mouth, on New Hampshire Radio (USA).
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161,100 listeners
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01 August 2012
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Sociální sítě v eposech naznačují: Achilles možná existoval National Geographic (Czech)
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The Czech version of National Geographic has a readership of 368,000. (Globally National Geographic has a circulation of 8.2 million.)
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31 July 2012
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Epics as Facebook: Feature in Popular Mechanics (in Russian).
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Popular Mechanics is a Russian magazine.
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31 July 2012
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Ist Beowulf klarer als Shakespeare?: Feature by Jürgen Langenbach in Die Presse (Austria).
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Die Presse has 350,000 readers daily.
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27 July 2012
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Deciphering myths into legends: Feature in stuff.co.nz by science writer John Bohannon.
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New Zealand's stuff.co.nz is a news website for Fairfax newspapers incl. The Dominion Post & The Press. It has 4.9 million unique browsers (monthly) 379,553 unique browsers (daily).
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29 July 2012
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Can an equation find out whether a subject is suitabkle for risk-free levity?:
Our work is mentioned in a blog by David Mitchell in Comment is Free, from the guardian newspaper (UK).
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There are 2.8 million unique visitors per day to the The Guardian newspaper's site
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27 July 2012
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: Feature by Robert Czepel in the Science website of ORF (Österreichischer Rundfunk).
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ORF is the Austrian national broadcasger. Thi article had 403 unique visitors by 03.08.2012. We were later also mentioned in another article".
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25 July 2012
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Twee wetenschappers hebben de sociale netwerken achter enkele oude epische verhalen vergeleken met netwerken uit de echte wereld:
Feature by JPK in KIJK Wetenschap-Technologie-Maatschappij-Historie magazine (Netherlands).
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KIJK Wetenschap-Technologie-Maatschappij-Historie magazine (Netherlands) has a circulation of 51,834.
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27 July 2012
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With Beowulf Beating Richard: Feature in The Sydney Morning Herald
by Matt Buchanan and Scott Ellis.
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The Sydney Morning Herald has 766,000 readers.
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26 July 2012
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Aseguran que personajes de la mitologia realmente pudieron exister: Feature by the Equipo de Ciencia in Venezuela's Version Final.
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Version Final (Venezuela) has a daily circulation of 120,000 and 33,000 internet hits per day.
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26 July 2012
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Study finds numbers add up in Irish epic: Feature by Genevieve Carbery in the Irish Times.
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The Irish Times has 3.9 million unique browsers per month.
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25 July 2012
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Physicists study the classics for hidden truths: Article in Heritage Daily
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Heritage Daily is an independent online magazine for archaeological and associated disciplines, dedicated to the heritage and historical sector.
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Materia
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Las redes sociales de la 'Ilí ada' son mÁs reales que las de 'Harry Potter' : Report by Miguel Ángel Criado in Materia (in Spanish).
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Materia is a Spanish science newspaper with 185,000 monthly unique users (70 percent in Spain and 30 percent in Latin America) and more more than 43,000 followers on Twitter.
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25 July 2012
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Fiery dragon myth beats Harry Potter for realism : Article in the Times by Tom Whipple, Science Correspondent (Times, No. 70634, page 17).
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The Times has a circulation of 400,000 and a readership of 1,314,000.
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25 July 2012
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v: Our work is dicussed in a blog by John Sutherland in Comment is Free, from the guardian newspaper (UK).
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There are 2.8 million unique visitors per day to the The Guardian newspaper's site
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25 July 2012
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Greek myth more realistic than Shakespeare: Article in the Daily Telegraph by Nick Collins - Science Correspondent, 25 July No. 48881.
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The Daily Telegraph has a daily circulation of 574,000, corresponding to a readership of 1,426,000. Their website has 8,582,452 unique visitors.
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24 July 2012
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Homer's Facebook Suggests Iliad is True:
Feature by Tom Jacobs in the Pacific Standard (USA).
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The Pacific Standard newspaper has a circulation of 110,330.
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24 July 2012
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Using Social Networks to Analyze the Classics - Harry Potter is fictional, but Achilles and Beowulf perhaps not: Report by Joel N. Shurkin for Inside Science News Service.
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Inside Science News Service is a news service, so feeds material to other outlets - i.e., to editors and journalists.
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24 July 2012
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Is mythology like Facebook: Feature by scienc writer John Bohannon for Science magazine.
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Science has a circulation of 129,000 and a readership of one million people.
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23 July 2012
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Physicists study Homer's Iliad and other classics for hidden truths: Feature in Science Daily (USA).
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Science Daily (USA) has 1,040,800 unique visitors.
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25 July 2012
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Physicists study the classics for hidden truths: Press release by the Institute of Physics.
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The IoP have had had very few press releases for papers. In fact ours was the first!
86,204 unique visitors.
The
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Further news and impact from our EPL included the following:
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24 July 2014
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Phys.org: Physicists study the classics for hidden truths, via IoP.
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82,890 unique visitors.
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25 July 2012
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Science 2.0 (USA): What The Iliad Can Tell Us About Science 2.0 And Networks
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76,121 unique visitors
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24 July 2012
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Free Republic (USA): 'Myths' Are More Plausible than Fiction
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Free Republic - The Premier Conservative Site on the Net! 644,037 unique visitors
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24 July 2012
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Science Codex (USA): Physicists(!) study the classics for hidden truths, via IoP
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Science Codex (USA) had 86,692 unique visitors.
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25 July 2012
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News Track India: Why Beowulf and Iliad are more plausible than Shakespeare's stories
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25 July 2012
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India4u.com: Why Beowulf and Iliad are more plausible than Shakespeare's stories
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1,446 unique visitors
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25 July 2012
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Why Beowulf and Iliad are more plausible than Shakespeare's stories
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104,001 unique visitors
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25 July 2012
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Yahoo! India News: Why Beowulf and Iliad are more plausible than Shakespeare's stories |
167,251 unique visitors
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25 July 2012
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Webindia123.com: Why Beowulf and Iliad are more plausible than Shakespeare's stories
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3,179 unique visitors
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25 July 2012
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Why Beowulf and Iliad are more plausible than Shakespeare's stories
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3,642,482 unique visitors
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25 July 2012
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LabSpaces.net (USA): Physicists study the classics for hidden truths, via IoP
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6,226 unique visitors
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25 July
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Red Orbit (USA): Physicists study the classics for hidden truths, via IoP.
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1,253,492 unique visitors.
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25 July 2012
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e! Science News (Canada): Beowulf, Shakespeare and the plausibility of fiction | John Sutherland, via Guardian
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26,828 unique visitors
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25 July 2012
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La Gazzetta del Mezzogiorno.it (Italy): Social network come poemi epici
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La Gazzetta del Mezzogiorno.it (Italy) 217,040 unique visitors
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25 July 2012
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ANSA.it: Social network come poemi epici
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2,989,089 unique visitors
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25 July 2014
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Science Newsline (USA):
Physicists Study the Classics for Hidden Truths, via IoP
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10,426 unique visitors
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25 July 2012
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l'Unita (Italy): Relazioni social network simili a quelle poemi epici
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655,294 unique visitors
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25 July 2012
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Tiscali (Italy):
Nei Social Network relazioni simili a quelle dei poemi epici di Omero
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Tiscali (Italy) 3,277,270 unique visitors
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25 July 2012
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ANSA.it: Nei social network come nei poemi di Omero
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2,989,089 unique visitors
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26 July 2012
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ECN (USA):
Physicists study the classics for hidden truths, via IoP
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5,032 unique visitors
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8 September 2012
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Padraig Mac Carron and Ralph Kenna: If Achilles Used Facebook... :
Article about our work on History News Network (George Mason Uni).
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History News Network has more than 11,000 weekly subscribers;
1.5 million page views per month; more than 300,000 unique visitors per month; and over 7.6 million hits per month.
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2012
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We are mentioned in the Annual Report of the Italian Physical Society.
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The Italian Physical Society was founded in 1897 and is a non-profit organization whose aim is to promote, encourage, protect the study and the progress of physics in Italy and in the world.
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