The old stereotype that scientific breakthroughs result from some lone rumpled genius toiling away in his basement laboratory hardly abides nowadays. Scientists collaborate. A lot. And in some unlikely ways, as this data visualization by the always-brilliant Moritz Stefaner (with support from agency Onformative’s Christopher Warnow) shows.

Max Planck Research Networks (screencast) from Moritz Stefaner on Vimeo.

via Infographic: How Scientific Ideas Flow Around The World | Co. Design.