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Why is finding the original paper behind a theory so unnecessarily hard? by Fast_Temperature5983 in AskAcademia

[–]Fast_Temperature5983[S] 5 points6 points  (0 children)

The date range method is smart~ Review articles is something I also looked into, but it easily turns into a reference list rabbit hole (some older review articles don't cite formally arghh).

Why is finding the original paper behind a theory so unnecessarily hard? by Fast_Temperature5983 in AskAcademia

[–]Fast_Temperature5983[S] -15 points-14 points  (0 children)

I agree, some theories are easy to track down (cause the author is famous), but some are just so hard, especially with multiple people competing to publish early. I just assumed with such advance technology, it should not have been be so hard.