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Nature 438, 548-549 (1 December 2005) | doi:10.1038/438548a; Published online 30 November 2005
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Science in the web age: Joint efforts
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- Declan Butler is a senior reporter at Nature.
Abstract
At its best, academia is a marketplace of ideas. But many scientists are reluctant to embrace the latest web tools that would allow them to communicate their ideas in new ways, says Declan Butler.
When Tim Berners-Lee invented the World Wide Web in 1989, he saw it as a collaborative workspace for his fellow scientists at CERN, the European particle-physics lab near Geneva, and beyond. His creation went on to surpass his prediction that "the usefulness of the scheme would in turn encourage its increased use".
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