Slashdot Mirror

← Back to Stories (view on slashdot.org)

Royal Society Opens Free Online Archive

Posted by ryuzaki0 on from the mr.-newton-meet-mr.-boyle dept.

greenechidna writes "The Register reports that the Royal Society has put its archives online. From the article: 'One of the world's most important historical records will be made available online for the first time today. All the Royal Society's journals are free for two months and include stone-cold scientific classics going back to 1665 and the foundations of modern inquiry.'" You can set up your own account at the Royal Society; if you follow the link in the Reg article, you get logged in to some random account.

6 of 68 comments (clear)

  1. Oddest slashdotting ever. by BadMrMojo · · Score: 4, Funny

    Mobbed by Stephenson fans in 3... 2... 1...

  2. Ra Ra Ra by Doc+Ruby · · Score: 2, Funny

    Now will their Egyptian counterpart step up and one up them, offering free online access to 3000 years of archived research? Where's the URL for "What the stars look like 180 days before the Nile overflows its banks"?

    --

    --
    make install -not war

  3. Ahh yes, the classics by smooth+wombat · · Score: 4, Funny

    Nothing like perusing such illustrious titles as:

    Matter and its Travels Through the Ether

    Mercury: The Miracle Metal for What Ails You

    How to Calculate Your Longitudinal Position in Only One Hundred Steps

    Gravity: Just a Theory

    Calculations for Determining the Age of the Earth Based on the Life Expectancy of Asses

    A Treatise on Determining if Women on Ships Cause Shipwrecks

    An Examination of Cthulhu and Whether It is Responsible for the Laying of Unknown Bones on the Tops of Mountains

    --
    We will bankrupt ourselves in the vain search for absolute security. -- Dwight D. Eisenhower
    1. Re:Ahh yes, the classics by Goblez · · Score: 3, Funny
      A Treatise on Determining if Women on Ships Cause Shipwrecks

      Well, at least we know some of them had merit. Isn't this the same with women in cars?

      --
      - Kal`Goblez
    2. Re:Ahh yes, the classics by Silver+Sloth · · Score: 2, Funny

      Only pretty women in open top sports cars. Watch those macho boys go!

      --
      init 11 - for when you need that edge.
  4. Get it while it's hot! by supabeast! · · Score: 2, Funny

    Quick, somebody wget the entire site to redistribute as a torrent when they start charging!