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Here's another example of science publication/publisher's drag on science (the paper that changed his life cost several months of his stipend): "As Medzhitov s
by chrisbennet 10y ago
Here's another example of science publication/publisher's drag on science (the paper that changed his life cost several months of his stipend):
"As Medzhitov searched for papers on this subject, he came across references to a 1989 essay written by Charles Janeway, an immunologist at Yale, titled “Approaching the Asymptote? Evolution and revolution in immunology.” Medzhitov was intrigued and used several months’ of his stipend to buy a reprint of the paper. It was worth the wait, because the paper exposed him to Janeway’s theories, and those theories would change his life."
- nycticorax 10y agoThat was in the early 90's, when most papers were still distributed as, well, paper. Back then, someone had to build and run an actual printing press.