Quantitative Analysis of Culture Using Millions of Digitized Books | Zendy

JeanBaptiste Michel | Zendy; Yuan Shen | Zendy; Aviva Presser Aiden | Zendy; Adrian Veres | Zendy; Matthew K. Gray | Zendy; Joseph P. Pickett | Zendy; Dale Hoiberg | Zendy; Dan Clancy | Zendy; Peter Norvig | Zendy; Jon Orwant | Zendy; Steven Pinker | Zendy; Martin A. Nowak | Zendy; E Aiden | Zendy

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Quantitative Analysis of Culture Using Millions of Digitized Books

Author(s) -

JeanBaptiste Michel,

Yuan Shen,

Aviva Presser Aiden,

Adrian Veres,

Matthew K. Gray,

Joseph P. Pickett,

Dale Hoiberg,

Dan Clancy,

Peter Norvig,

Jon Orwant,

Steven Pinker,

Martin A. Nowak,

E Aiden

Publication year - 2010

Publication title -

science

Language(s) - English

Resource type - Journals

SCImago Journal Rank - 12.556

H-Index - 1186

eISSN - 1095-9203

pISSN - 0036-8075

DOI - 10.1126/science.1199644

Subject(s) - quantitative analysis (chemistry) , linguistics , chemistry , philosophy , chromatography

We constructed a corpus of digitized texts containing about 4% of all books ever printed. Analysis of this corpus enables us to investigate cultural trends quantitatively. We survey the vast terrain of 'culturomics,' focusing on linguistic and cultural phenomena that were reflected in the English language between 1800 and 2000. We show how this approach can provide insights about fields as diverse as lexicography, the evolution of grammar, collective memory, the adoption of technology, the pursuit of fame, censorship, and historical epidemiology. Culturomics extends the boundaries of rigorous quantitative inquiry to a wide array of new phenomena spanning the social sciences and the humanities.

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