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Re:I bought the only physical encyclopedia still in print, a... by actionfromafar on Friday June 09, 2023 @12:56PM (#36260674)
I read all the scientific articles over-and-over and dipped into the other articles over time. Eventually I think I read much more than half of the full set. Not a bad thing. If we'd had smartphones back then I'm not sure I'd learnt anything useful.
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Re:I bought the only physical encyclopedia still in print, a... by ngcc_hk on Saturday June 10, 2023 @12:10AM (#36267516)
If one talked about illegal download, z library and pdf drive in the past can provide you unlimited academic books. Sadly both gone. I would not have read about quantum field theory … not that I have no access to u library. But you need to surf those books to find one you can “understand” before you dig in. Even buy one as reading read book is so much better.
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