Abstract
For centuries scientists have benefitted from the previously recorded observations of other scientists. This is especially true in disciplines where experimentation is difficult if not impossible, and where systematic observations over time are crucial. Obvious examples in the natural sciences are found in astronomy and biology. Kepler would not have been able to deduce his three laws of planetary motion if it had not been for Tycho Brahe's data bank. It was the carefully recorded observations of hundreds of botanists, zoologists, and geologists which made it possible for the men of Darwin's Century to piece together a convincing picture of natural selection.
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