The structure of the network might be modified, as well as the relevance of some agents with respect to the connectivity or the diffusion of knowledge; the polarization of agents and the average number of topics that agents learn from interactions with others could also be reduced.
ON the face of it, examinations of human phobias or the physics of ice-skating and billiards would seem to have little to do with "the increase and diffusion of geographic knowledge," the mission the founders of the National Geographic Society took on when they convened in a club near the White House in 1888.
The cause was furthered by the founding of the Society for the Diffusion of Useful Knowledge and, later, by the launching of the Westminster Review and the founding of University College London (where Bentham's body, stuffed and mounted in a glass case, can still be seen today).
The Penny Cyclopaedia of 1839, published by The Society for the Diffusion of Useful Knowledge, described the village in this way: Many buildings were erected in Navenby during the 19th century, including a small Wesleyan Methodist chapel in about 1830, which was completely rebuilt in 1840.
Established in 1846 for the increase and diffusion of knowledge, the Smithsonian is a group of museums and research centers administered by the United States government.
The printing process, in addition to permitting the wide diffusion of geographic knowledge, retained the fidelity of the original works.
Similarly, Fournier argues that the diffusion of professional knowledge to the consumer has eroded the boundary between professionals and clients/lay persons [ 18].
The three above described typologies, highlighting the possible links between appropriability and the network structure, seem to be well suited to connect the changes on the ownership attribution with the patterns of the diffusion of knowledge that is the focal point of our analysis.
The Royal Institution, which has always devoted itself to the diffusion of scientific knowledge among the public at large, wants to change this.
In the late nineties, a hundred years after its founding, as a "society for the increase and diffusion of geographic knowledge," the organization began extending its brand with film, television, and Web projects.
One of the major mechanisms for the diffusion of knowledge is the mobility of people.
