19.08.2020
The Language of Science – How the words we use have evolved over the past 175 year
« We invite you to dive in and explore a database of words that appeared prominently in the print history of Scientific American. Below, each year of that history is represented by a single word, which was selected through a text-analysis project that started with all 5,107 issues of the magazine. Words whose relative frequency peaked in each individual year were identified. Among those top contenders, the single noun, verb, adjective or adverb that was used most often was deemed the winner. The line charts, which reflect the frequency of each word over time from 1845 (far left) to 2020 (far right), are scaled to the maximum value. (…) »
source > scientificamerican.com, Moritz Stefaner, Lorraine Daston, Jen Christiansen, 1 septembre 2020
