Editing Science Since Babylon (section)

{{InfoboxBook
|title=Science Since Babylon
|image=[[File:Science Since Babylon Cover.jpg|150px]]
|author=[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Derek_J._de_Solla_Price Derek J. de Solla Price]
|language=English
|genre=History of Science<br>Philosophy of Science
|publisher=Yale University Press
|publicationdate=1961<br>1975 (Enlarged Edition)
|pages=240
|isbn13=978-0300017984
}}

'''''Science Since Babylon''''' is a book by historian of science '''Derek J. de Solla Price''', first published in 1961 by Yale University Press. Based on a series of five lectures delivered at Yale University’s Sterling Memorial Library in 1959, the book traces the historical development of science, its cultural uniqueness in the West, and the exponential growth of scientific activity. An '''enlarged edition''' was issued in 1975, incorporating revised material and three new chapters.

''Science Since Babylon'' is notable due to Price's observation of the exponential trajectory of scientific growth, and his subsequent prediction of that growth leveling off due to saturation. The book is often cited by [[Eric Weinstein]] for its observations about growth. Weinstein also notes that it is odd how few people know about this book given the implications of its predictions for science and research.

'''An Open Access PDF of the book is available [http://derekdesollaprice.org/wp-content/uploads/2015/10/Science-Since-Babylon-opt.pdf here].'''

[[File:DerekdeSollaPrice.jpg|thumb|[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Derek_J._de_Solla_Price Derek de Solla Price] with a model of the [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Antikythera_mechanism Antikythera Mechanism]]]