Michael Nielsen
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Michael Nielsen
Michael Aaron Nielsenis a quantum physicist, science writer, and computer programming researcher living in New York City...
NationalityAustralian
ProfessionScientist
Date of Birth4 January 1974
CountryAustralia
embrace forms journal knowledge open reach science scientific scientists sharing
If networked science is to reach its potential, scientists will have to embrace and reward the open sharing of all forms of scientific knowledge, not just traditional journal publication. Networked science must be open science.
generally rewarded scientists
If you go back to the 17th century, scientists generally weren't rewarded much at all for sharing discoveries, and as a result, they conducted a lot of their research very, very secretively indeed.