Thursday, October 19, 2006

Yay....this is sure a treasure trove for everyone.....

I just came across this at bbcnews.com and am i excited or what........
The complete works of one of history's greatest scientists, Charles Darwin, are being published online.

The project run by Cambridge University has digitised some 50,000 pages of text and 40,000 images of original publications - all of it searchable.

Surfers with MP3 players can even access downloadable audio files.

The resource is aimed at serious scholars, but can be used by anyone with an interest in Darwin and his theory on the evolution of life.

"The idea is to make these important works as accessible as possible; some people can only get at Darwin that way," said Dr John van Wyhe, the project's director.

So head over to BBCnews.com and read the article first and the head over to this website and bookmark it. It is really a honor for any one on this planet to just go through the work of a genius who came up with arguably the single most idea/theory/fact of all time. I myself am looking forward to go through his works one at a time soon. A big thank you to the University of Cambridge and also to the people involved with this .

And on another note, the new website of Mr. Richard Dawkins is proving to be a wonderful place to share and discuss ideas with people who think rationally and are for a better society and world. Please take time to go through this website too. You won't rue about the time spent there.

2 comments:

Vikram said...

Woow..Lets hope this marks the beginning of a new era where more such valuable works would be digitised and made available for free to everyone.

Sri Harsha said...

Yup i agree. Knowledge and wisdom for all.....