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Britannica's halt of print edition triggers sales

(AP) -- It turns out all Encyclopaedia Britannica had to do to breathe new life into the sale of its print edition was to kill it.

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created Apr 05, 2012 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

Wikipedia founder: Public needs online references

(AP) -- The man who helped create the online reference Wikipedia said Tuesday that the end of Encyclopaedia Britannica's print run shows the world's growing reliance on the Internet as a base for knowledge.

Technology / Internet

created Mar 27, 2012 | popularity 5 / 5 (1) | comments 0

Last entry for Encyclopaedia Britannica book form

Hours after Encyclopaedia Britannica Inc. announced it will stop publishing print editions of its flagship encyclopedia for the first time in more than 200 years, someone among the editing minions of free ...

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created Mar 15, 2012 | popularity 4 / 5 (3) | comments 0




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Using digitized books as 'cultural genome,' researchers unveil quantitative approach to humanities

(PhysOrg.com) -- Researchers have created a powerful new approach to scholarship, using approximately 4 percent of all books ever published as a digital "fossil record" of human culture. By tracking the frequency ...

Technology / Computer Sciences

created Dec 16, 2010 | popularity 4.8 / 5 (4) | comments 0 | with audio podcast

QUT physicist corrects Oxford English Dictionary (w/ Video)

(PhysOrg.com) -- A Queensland University of Technology (QUT) physics lecturer has found a 99-year-old mistake in the Oxford English Dictionary - and is having it corrected.

Physics / General Physics

created May 10, 2010 | popularity 3.9 / 5 (30) | comments 125 | with audio podcast


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