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Originally Posted by DarkRevenge
Hi everybody!
I was looking if someone had posted this before and haven't found anything (perhaps I didn't see it - In that case I apologize), so here it is.
For those who don't know, Wikipedia has an option that allows downloading or buying a book about our favourites topics. We can make our own books from Wikipedia's articles or just read one already done. This option is new in Wikipedia in Spanish and isn't very well known here in Argentina so that's why it caught my attention, but I don't know how long it has been in Wikipedia in English (I hope I am not posting sth well known by everyone  ).
So anyway, for those who don't know it: I entered Wikipedia, I searched for 'Solar System' article and I saw, almost at the end of the article, a box which said 'Book: Solar System'. I selected 'Download PDF' and got a very interesting PDF file with articles related to our System to copy to any device or e-book reader.
There're also books about 'Astronomy' and other topics related to our favourite hobby 
The books can be bought, too. They print it in good format and send it to you.
Cheers, Luis.
- Again: I wish I'm not posting something obvious!  |
Hi Luis;
And … G'day !!
I didn't know that which you mention, in your post !
Thanks kindly for the 'heads-up' !
I've always been frustrated with buying lots of textbooks, clogging up the house with books and then finding they're all out of date, within a year or so.
The Wiki book approach might alleviate that problem !
People tend to speak poorly of Wiki, but in this modern day, a quick knowledge boost is very important. The finer details may require a formal education and years of training in a specific discipline, which is also important if one intends to live/work in that world. The real issue in Science is first understanding .. and then updatedness .. simply because of the rate & volume of research going on in the various fields of study.
For the purposes of discussions in these Forums however, I think the suggestion of taking the approach you mention is a very valuable one !
Cheers & Rgds