Maths Meets Myths: Network Investigations of Ancient Narratives

International Conference on Computer Simulation in Physics and Beyond 2015

物理学;计算机科学

Kenna, Ralph^1,3 ; Carron, Pádraig Mac^2

Applied Mathematics Research Centre, Coventry University, CV1 5FB, United Kingdom^1

Social and Evolutionary Neuroscience Research Group, Department of Experimental Psychology, University of Oxford, OX1 3UD, United Kingdom^2

Doctoral College for the Statistical Physics of Complex Systems, Leipzig-Lorraine-Lviv-Coventry (L4)., United Kingdom^3

关键词: Media coverage;    Network investigations;    Quantitative investigation;    Sub-disciplines;   

Others  :  https://iopscience.iop.org/article/10.1088/1742-6596/681/1/012002/pdf
DOI  :  10.1088/1742-6596/681/1/012002

学科分类：计算机科学（综合）

来源: IOP

【 摘 要 】

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.