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(1981) Science and society, Dordrecht, Springer.

Storage and communication of knowledge

Joseph Agassi

pp. 132-141

Due to current myths and to publication pressure, science is often pictured as a reservoir of knowledge, where all published material is accumulated and processed. This picture is sheer myth. Scientific literature is chiefly a means of communication, not a reservoir but a channel-system; and the channels are now clogged.

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DOI: 10.1007/978-94-011-6456-6_11

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Agassi, J. (1981). Storage and communication of knowledge, in Science and society, Dordrecht, Springer, pp. 132-141.

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