geni wrote:
On 4 November 2011 14:24, Tony Sidaway
<tonysidaway(a)gmail.com> wrote:
'Kroto shared his views on what he calls the
"GooYouWiki-Revolution"
and spoke highly of Wikipedia as a resource.
"In my field," said Kroto, "it's more reliable than the
textbooks."'
In fairness his field is chemistry which has issues with its
textbooks. Most of the best chemists are more interested in publishing
in journals rather than text books...
Well, sure, but "in fairness" to what? I bet there are plenty of
fields (probably a majority) where there are various issues with
the textbooks, where the best practitioners aren't interested in
writing for them, where one commercial entity or another is
trying to exert a stranglehold, etc., etc...