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Learned Societies, Public Good Science and Openness in the Digital Age

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The Pedagogy of the Open Society

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How few secrets have there been that have been long conceal’d from the whole World by their Authors? … There is no question at all, but all, or the greatest part [of them] will soon flow into this public Treasure.

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Peters, M.A., Liu, TC., Ondercin, D.J. (2012). Learned Societies, Public Good Science and Openness in the Digital Age. In: The Pedagogy of the Open Society. Open Education, vol 1. SensePublishers, Rotterdam. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-94-6091-967-1_8

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