Re: So it is true...

In message <yyrjd5k9ssq7.fsf@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>, Des Small <vonbladet@xxxxxxxxxxx> writes 
"Seán O'Leathlóbhair" <jwlawler@xxxxxxxxx> writes:

Des Small wrote:
> "Seán O'Leathlóbhair" <jwlawler@xxxxxxxxx> writes:
>
> > I found the passage in the UK, French, and Castilian editions.
>
> You could profitably have given the page numbers, isn't it?  (Did you
> study too much physics in your youth or something?)

Physics up to A level. Why do you ask? 

Physics papers (and applied maths and engineering) only cite to the
nearest volume;


???

I've just looked a random sample of the papers on my desk (Trans. IEEE, J. atmos. terr. phys, AGARD conference proceedings, Math. Methods in the Physical Sciences, Annales Geophysicae) and they all cite other papers down to page number.

it's a model that doesn't work so well with humanities
disciplines or law where knowing which book something is in is usually
not enough information.

But giving page numbers for books in developing fields has its own problems, since page (and even section) numbers often change from edition to edition.

--
Richard Herring
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