THink about this. Tycho Brahe is considered one of the observational genious's of his time. Johannes Kepler is considered one of the theoretical genious's of the same time.
Kepler used Brahe's data to create his laws of planetary motion. The laws could not have been created without Brahe's observations. Brahe's observations would be little more than a curiosity without Kepler's mathematical findings. Together they got far. By themselves, neither would be remembered nearly as well. Without Kepler's Laws, Newton may never have constructed his law of gravity which filled in why the planets maintained their motion. However, Brahe invited Kepler into his court, but hardly gave Kepler any of his data! It was upon Brahe's death that Kepler got full access. It was Brahe's life work. No point, just an observation! On Mon, Sep 14, 2009 at 7:53 AM, Anon. <bob.oh...@helsinki.fi> wrote: > Hej! > > Last week Nature published a special feature on data sharing > (http://www.nature.com/news/specials/datasharing/index.html). it was > mostly about other areas of science, but I think the problem of how to > equitably share data is present in ecology too. SO, I blogged some > thoughts: > < > http://network.nature.com/people/boboh/blog/2009/09/14/data-sharing-some-ramblings > > > I'm coming at this from the perspective of someone who wants to use the > data, and I'd be interested in hearing other views - particularly from > people who generate data on the problems associated with free access. > > All comments are welcome, preferably on my blog (just to keep the > discussions in one place). > > Bob > > -- > Bob O'Hara > WWW: http://www.RNI.Helsinki.FI/~boh/ > Blog: http://network.nature.com/blogs/user/boboh > Journal of Negative Results - EEB: www.jnr-eeb.org > > Help send my wife to Antarctica (please?) > http://www.blogyourwaytoantarctica.com/blogs/view/152 > -- Malcolm L. McCallum Associate Professor of Biology Managing Editor, Herpetological Conservation and Biology Texas A&M University-Texarkana Fall Teaching Schedule: Vertebrate Biology - TR 10-11:40; General Ecology - MW 1-2:40pm; Forensic Science - W 6-9:40pm Office Hourse- TBA 1880's: "There's lots of good fish in the sea" W.S. Gilbert 1990's: Many fish stocks depleted due to overfishing, habitat loss, and pollution. 2000: Marine reserves, ecosystem restoration, and pollution reduction MAY help restore populations. 2022: Soylent Green is People! Confidentiality Notice: This e-mail message, including any attachments, is for the sole use of the intended recipient(s) and may contain confidential and privileged information. Any unauthorized review, use, disclosure or distribution is prohibited. If you are not the intended recipient, please contact the sender by reply e-mail and destroy all copies of the original message.
