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Royal Society's archive is free on the internet
The Telegraph ^
| 15/09/2006
| Robert Colvile
Posted on 09/15/2006 2:01:17 PM PDT by managusta
The Royal Society has made every paper submitted to it since 1665 available free of charge on the internet, opening one of the greatest storehouses of scientific knowledge to the public.
Readers will be able to browse through countless papers of incalculable historical importance, including Halley's description of his comet, Watson and Crick's unravelling of the double helix structure of DNA and the first paper published by Stephen Hawking.
Prof Martin Taylor, the Royal Society's vice-president, said the archive documents "the foundation of the modern scientific method". He added: "It puts you in touch with the great scientific masters in a really direct way."
The archive, at www.journals.royalsoc.ac.uk, will only be available free until December.
TOPICS: Extended News; Foreign Affairs; News/Current Events; United Kingdom
KEYWORDS: archives; royalsociety
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To: PatrickHenry
ARRRGGGGH?
You mean this isn't *good* news?
Cheers!
To: Ichneumon
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09/16/2006 8:12:23 AM PDT
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PatrickHenry
(Where are the anachronistic f<a href="?"><b><big>XXX</bossils? Where are the moderate creationists?)
To: managusta
To: <1/1,000,000th%
Bah! 'Tis but a pornucopia of rampant materialism from beginning to end.
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09/16/2006 9:22:17 AM PDT
by
Stultis
To: dsc
She is in her uniform as honorary commander of one of the regiments.
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posted on
09/16/2006 9:36:31 AM PDT
by
pbear8
(Hey Muslims, listen to B-16 he's telling the truth)
To: Peanut Gallery
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posted on
09/16/2006 9:45:17 AM PDT
by
Professional Engineer
(As a matter of fact, I have been to a Star Trek convention.)
To: PatrickHenry
I'll be the first to complain. The Royal Society is censoring it's archive to support Darwinism. I can't find a single paper discussing the Third Law of Thermal Documents! Outrageous!
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09/16/2006 10:36:50 AM PDT
by
doc30
(Democrats are to morals what and Etch-A-Sketch is to Art.)
To: managusta
The archive, at www.journals.royalsoc.ac.uk, will only be available free until December. This should give someone time to set up a mirror site. I better start downloading!
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posted on
09/16/2006 10:48:05 AM PDT
by
AZLiberty
(Creating the <a href="http://clinton.senate.gov">straddle</a> Google bomb one post at a time.)
To: doc30
I'll be the first to complain. The Royal Society is censoring it's archive to support Darwinism. I can't find a single paper discussing the Third Law of Thermal Documents! Outrageous!You may be certain that all references to Darwin Centraltm have been expunged.
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posted on
09/16/2006 11:27:06 AM PDT
by
PatrickHenry
(Where are the anachronistic fossils? Where are the moderate creationists?)
To: cyn
The Queen is obviously not amused.
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posted on
09/16/2006 2:37:53 PM PDT
by
trashcanbred
(Anti-social and anti-socialist)
To: managusta
I gotta download the whole thing before December...
(How many DVDs is that?)
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posted on
09/16/2006 4:55:19 PM PDT
by
Sundog
(In a world without Walls or Fences, who needs Windows or Gates?)
To: Stultis
To: managusta
Downloading as we speak.
Incredible!
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posted on
09/16/2006 9:38:14 PM PDT
by
Wormwood
(Everybody lies, but it doesn't matter because nobody listens.)
To: PatrickHenry
To: PatrickHenry
Yipes!
And thanks for the ping.
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09/17/2006 8:07:03 AM PDT
by
Gumlegs
To: PatrickHenry
I got a log in. I'm starting with Newton and reading chronologically, I should make it to the 19th century before I die.
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09/18/2006 8:13:50 AM PDT
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BJClinton
(What happens on Free Republic, stays on Google.)
To: Bloody Sam Roberts
"Seriesly though...this is hugh!" Hi Hugh, this is Mad Dawgg.
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posted on
09/18/2006 11:13:13 AM PDT
by
Mad Dawgg
("`Eddies,' said Ford, `in the space-time continuum.' `Ah,' nodded Arthur, `is he? Is he?'")
To: managusta
Now this is great news. I'll be able to finally read all of Leeuwenhoek's papers.
To: blam; SunkenCiv
O.K. it's not as old as most of the things you guys dig up, but it's still a momentous set of papers.
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posted on
09/23/2006 6:01:55 PM PDT
by
lepton
("It is useless to attempt to reason a man out of a thing he was never reasoned into"--Jonathan Swift)
To: lepton; SunkenCiv
"O.K. it's not as old as most of the things you guys dig up, but it's still a momentous set of papers." Thanks. SunkenCiv handles all the paper work around here. He'll have everything all the way back to 1665 copied and filed away by this time tomorrow.
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09/23/2006 6:17:07 PM PDT
by
blam
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