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Why should we care about science books?

March 21, 2007 | Media and Technology
Why should we care about science books? After all, we live in a "new media" world where students, researchers, and the public use the World Wide Web for all their information needs. Cutting edge research appears on "preprint archives" or "open access" online journals, text"books" appear as online sites with interactive presentations and links to presentation, for creating public discussion and dialogue, and even for archiving current research. In that kind of world, what’s the purpose of looking at "old fashioned" books?

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  • Bruce 20160126 by Lindsay France
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    Cornell University
  • Citation

    ISSN : 1824-2049
    Publication Name: Journal of Science Communication
    Volume: 6
    Number: 1
    Resource Type: Reference Materials
    Discipline: General STEM
    Audience: General Public | Scientists
    Environment Type: Media and Technology | Comics, Books, and Newspapers

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