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- Title
Back to books.
- Abstract
The author emphasizes the need to recognize again the position of textbooks in mainstream science. The author points out that this can be done through acknowledging the researchers who made printed books a vehicle in conveying and developing science. The author discusses how the role of textbooks has changed with the arrival of online educational materials and electronic books. Moreover, the author cites the room offered by the expansiveness of books in promoting sophisticated arguments.
- Subjects
BOOKS &; reading; BOOKS &; society; EDUCATIONAL technology; LITERATURE &; the Internet; ELECTRONIC books; SCIENCE periodicals
- Publication
Nature, 2010, Vol 463, Issue 7281, p588
- ISSN
0028-0836
- Publication type
Editorial
- DOI
10.1038/463588a