Google Books may advance humanities research, scholars say
Thursday, August 5, 2010 - 18:07
in Paleontology & Archaeology
When scholars seek to understand long-ago cultures, they tend to draw conclusions from the handful of famous writers and thinkers whose works endure today. John Stuart Mill and Thomas Carlyle peppered their books with words like "sunlight" and "hope," so their Victorian era is often thought of as earnest and optimistic.
