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That sounds so cheap to me. My 11th edition of Encyclopedia Brittanica cost maybe $4000, and I have to do maintenance to fight off dust mites and red rot. But i
by QuarterReptile 3y ago
That sounds so cheap to me. My 11th edition of Encyclopedia Brittanica cost maybe $4000, and I have to do maintenance to fight off dust mites and red rot. But it looks very good, and it's widely considered the best Encyclopedia. Apprently Wikipedia started out as a project to digitize 11th Britannica. It's public domain now, so you can read it on your phone free if you're interested in ruining all the charm.
- bigbillheck 3y ago> it's widely considered the best Encyclopedia I've been hearing this since the pre-web days. Most of the people saying it, as I remember, were either Jerry Pournelle or his fellow travelers, and even as a youth I had to wonder how much of that was just nostalgia for the peak of the British Empire and all that went along with it.
- mattcaywood 3y agoSome people might enjoy the pre-war colonial grandeur and optimism, but the 11th is mostly notable for the quality of its authors including: Ernest Rutherford, Bertrand Russell, T.H. Huxley, James Jeans, Peter Kropotkin Before or after 1911, this level of scholar would not typically be found writing encyclopedia entries. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Encyclop%C3%A6dia_Britannica_Eleventh_Edition https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Encyclop%C3%A6dia_Britannica_E...
- eesmith 3y agoShannon wrote the entry on "Information Theory" for the 12th edition. https://archive.org/details/encyclopdiabrita12chic/page/n307/mode/2up?q=shannon https://archive.org/details/encyclopdiabrita12chic/page/n307...