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ljbrs
SFN Regular
USA
842 Posts |
 Posted - 09/20/2001 : 19:16:08
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According to last week's SCIENCE (14 September 2001) in today's mail: *All astronomy data will soon be online and accessible via the Internet.* Also stated is that it will be in a *coherent whole* and *can be accessed by anyone, in any form, from anywhere.* I can hardly wait. The suspense is killing me. Although I can read SCIENCE online every Friday, the day it first appears, I usually wait until it comes by snail mail to read at my leisure, since I spend my time on Skeptic Friends Network and Bad Astronomy when I am at home.
Also, M.I.T. is going to be offering scientific lecture notes to everyone on the Internet soon -- for free. It is for their students, but we can all benefit from it.
Isn't the Internet wonderful? Whee!
Now, waiting for all of this to happen is killing me. The suspense is enveloping me.
ljbrs   
*Nothing is more damaging to a new truth than an old error.* Goethe
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Torsten
New Member
Canada
16 Posts |
 Posted - 09/20/2001 : 20:31:45 [Permalink]
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I prefer the print version too, but it's very slow getting here. I may have the August 31 issue in my mailbox (I just haven't bothered checking yet), but that doesn't matter, I'm still working on the August 17th and 24th issues. As soon as I'm done with them, I drop them off at the high school library. (However, I just couldn't part with the February 16, 2001 issue.) If I ever want to check out an article again, I find it on-line by searching on keywords. What I really like is the access to the J-STOR archive. All the articles going back to 1880 are there! I've used that in support of at least one of these discussion board debates.
I have to admit though, with it being a rather hefty weekly, it's difficult to get through it.
Science is has decided to make its research articles freely available after a year.
And did you see this link in the August 24 Netwatch?
http://www.freemedicaljournals.com/
Lots there to keep you busy! Yes, the web is wonderful. :-)
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ljbrs
SFN Regular
USA
842 Posts |
Posted - 10/07/2001 : 19:35:11 [Permalink]
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I have been reading SCIENCE (my father's) since I was a child. I have always enjoyed it. Of course, my comprehension has improved considerably. I like both SCIENCE and NATURE, because they cover a wide range of the sciences and in DEPTH. I have been throwing away SCIENCE because I do not have storage space for all of my magazines (mostly scientific). The fact that I can get them both online makes throwing them much easier. I do keep a few favorites. I have to have room for my astronomy equipment, for crying out loud.
I greatly enjoy J-STOR also. It makes the cost of the subscriptions worthwhile. It is interesting to see how science has changed in over a century. Marvelous fun!
ljbrs 
*Nothing is more damaging to a new truth than an old error.* Goethe |
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Trish
SFN Addict
USA
2102 Posts |
Posted - 10/08/2001 : 05:06:26 [Permalink]
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ljbrs,
Please don't throw away you Science and Nature magazines. Donate them to a local middle or high school. Please! This is something that some kid might just pick up and realize that they actually like real science.
"Say what you will about the sweet miracle of unquestioning faith. I consider the capacity for it terrifying." ~Kurt Vonnegut, Jr. |
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Boron10
Religion Moderator
USA
1266 Posts |
Posted - 10/08/2001 : 09:45:03 [Permalink]
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quote:
Please don't throw away you Science and Nature magazines. Donate them to a local middle or high school. Please! This is something that some kid might just pick up and realize that they actually like real science.
Words of agreement!
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