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e-Mail Poses Unique Problem for Science Historians

Via CBC News.

The increasing use of e-mails — which don't often leave a trail — will make it more difficult to chronicle the history of scientific discoveries, a U.S. academic says.

Historians have often used informal letters and telegrams between scientists to flesh out science stories, but e-mails often only survive if reproduced in another format, said Robert Crease, a historian who is also head of the philosophy department at Stony Brook University in New York.

posted by Fergie @ 1/15/2007 11:11:00 AM