Europe's brain drain in action

Researchers have tracked the movement of 150,000 'notable people around the world'. By tracking their location from 1600 until 2012, they show spread of disease, the rise of conflict, and the evolution of cities.
Dr. Maximilian Schich, associate professor of arts and technology at The University of Texas at Dallas, brought together a team of network and complexity scientists, including University of Miami physicist Chaoming Song, to create and quantify a big picture of European and North American cultural history.

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