“..The Encyclopedia of Life..”
“..E.O. Wilson has a dream.
In 2003 the eminent Harvard biologist sketched out his vision for what he called “a single-portal electronic encyclopedia of life.”
This encyclopedia—a website, essentially—would grant each of the documented 1.8 million species on Earth its own page featuring a detailed summary of everything known about it: its scientific name, habitat, and geographic range and distribution; what it eats and is eaten by; and where it fits on the evolutionary tree of life.
It would be freely accessible to everyone everywhere, scientists and laypeople alike.
That dream is well on its way to becoming reality.
Launched in 2008, the Encyclopedia of Life is online (www.eol.org) with 170,000 species pages and—
– as it continues to form partnerships with taxonomists, libraries, and biodiversity databases—counting.
The encyclopedia’s sophisticated technology allows it to pool and sift biological data from everywhere..
.. in a manner that will change the quantity and quality of what both scientists and casual viewers can learn about life on Earth ..
.. and the manner in which they do so.
Never mind evolution; this is revolution..”
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