You know what old encyclopedias could be good for? History. Not like history changes while encyclopedias get upgraded (well, there can be some discoveries but for the most part it's constant). However, encyclopedias and other tertiary sources are not valid for formal research...
On 11/20/06, David Gerard dgerard@gmail.com wrote:
On 16/11/06, David Gerard dgerard@gmail.com wrote:
A friend of mine has a 1980 set of Encyclopedia Britannica he's trying to get rid of. They're not going to be public domain in many of our lifetimes and the information will be out of date enough to be misleading in many ways - they would not be appropriate for a school.
These have been claimed ... by my brother-in-law ;-D
I see there's another 1980 EB on eBay right now that's had no bids. Nobody Cares (tm).
Well, at least one!
There must be sets like this around - old enough to be obsolete and unwanted, almost free with postage. Mathias, you may be able to find such a set from the UK if the US or Australia is too expensive ...
- d.
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