Agreed that yahoo answers and wikipedia make a vital contribution, but how can knowledge previously only available in text books become accessible to the masses.
2007-01-05 06:32:44 · 4 answers · asked by thejur 3 in Science & Mathematics ➔ Other - Science
1. Availability: the text must reside in easily found, easily navigated forms and places.
2. Searchability: a deep and detailed access to terms and images must be convenient and quick.
3. Up-to-date: scientific and technical knowledge is constantly expanding and being revised, and the newest and best must be available.
4. Quality: the worthwhile information should be separable from the junk. In science and technology, peer-review has always been the standard.
2007-01-05 07:03:46 · answer #1 · answered by Jerry P 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
I used to have shelves of books, now I have a laptop and a net connection. I research a subject then if I need further knowledge I buy a book from amazon. Not everything on the net is high quality that's why I do buy books if I'm not satisfied with the info on the net. however the number of books I actually need has massively shrunk. Theres not much I cant find out about really. Of course you have to be analytical of a lot of the sources, like a lot of the answers on here being a good example.
2007-01-05 06:49:56 · answer #2 · answered by Northern Spriggan 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Knowledge is almost too available.
2007-01-05 06:35:52 · answer #3 · answered by dr_mark_a_horn 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
it is
2007-01-05 06:35:00 · answer #4 · answered by ciaragw 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋