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    "abstract": "Scientists often re-invent things that were long known. Here we review these\nactivities as related to the mechanism of producing power law distributions,\noriginally proposed in 1922 by Yule to explain experimental data on the sizes\nof biological genera, collected by Willis. We also review the history of\nre-invention of closely related branching processes, random graphs and\ncoagulation models.",
    "arxiv_id": "physics/0601192",
    "authors": [
      "M. V. Simkin",
      "V. P. Roychowdhury"
    ],
    "categories": [
      "physics.soc-ph",
      "cond-mat.stat-mech",
      "math.ST",
      "stat.TH"
    ],
    "doi": "10.1016/j.physrep.2010.12.004",
    "journal_ref": "Physics Reports 502 (2011) 1-35",
    "license": "http://arxiv.org/licenses/nonexclusive-distrib/1.0/",
    "title": "Re-inventing Willis",
    "url": "https://arxiv.org/abs/physics/0601192"
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