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Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia - 0 views

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In 1672, the journal published Newton's first paper New Theory about Light and Colours
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it has remained in continuous publication ever since, making it the world's longest running scientific journal
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The use of the word "philosophical" in the title derives from the phrase "natural philosophy", which was the equivalent of what we would now generically call "science
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Oldenburg published the journal at his own personal expense and seems to have entered into an agreement with the Council of the Royal Society allowing him to keep any resulting profits
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He was to be disappointed, however, since the journal performed poorly from a financial point of view during Oldenburg's lifetime
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Isaac Newton, Michael Faraday, and Charles Darwin
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Capitalism: A Love Story - 0 views

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Trailer for the Michael Moore film. Although it's only a preview, it gives some interesting insight into capitalism.

<div class="cArrow"> </div><div class="cContentInner">Trailer for the Michael Moore film. Although it's only a preview, it gives some interesting insight into capitalism.</div>

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Michael Feldstein - Open Source, Economics, and Higher Education - 0 views

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Summary : Michael Feldstein's contribution to the OSS and OER in Education Series. In this post, he writes about how open source projects work from an economic perspective. Drawing on the work of Nobel Prize-winning economist Ronald Coase and Harvard economics professor Yochai Benkler, he will provide some perspective on how open source projects manage to defy conventional wisdom about economics and self-interested behavior, and gives some questions that universities can ask when considering whether a particular open source software project is likely to be successful.

<div class="cArrow"> </div><div class="cContentInner">Summary : Michael Feldstein's contribution to the OSS and OER in Education Series. In this post, he writes about how open source projects work from an economic perspective. Drawing on the work of Nobel Prize-winning economist Ronald Coase and Harvard economics professor Yochai Benkler, he will provide some perspective on how open source projects manage to defy conventional wisdom about economics and self-interested behavior, and gives some questions that universities can ask when considering whether a particular open source software project is likely to be successful.</div>

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Keeping Our Place In a Complex Universe - 0 views

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Andrew DeWitt on 05 Nov 10

Michael Fried talks about life here on earth.

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I traded Michael for 1/10th of a Whopper! | Flickr - Photo Sharing! - 3 views

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