What is the history of Eric Weissteins World of Science and how are the pages authored?
Eric Weisstein’s World of Science began life more than 12 years ago. The earliest incarnation of Eric Weisstein’s World of Science was a document written in an early version of Microsoft Word on a Macintosh Plus. The author began cross-referencing entries, anticipating that the entire document might someday be converted to hypertext. This hope/dream was realized beginning in 1995, when the internet explosion was in full swing and the author posted the encyclopedia to a personal web site at the California Institute of Technology as part of his web site Eric’s Treasure Troves of Science. From July 1996 to June 1999, the author continued to develop and improve the encyclopedias in his spare time while working as a research scientist at the University of Virginia. During this time, the encyclopedia was initially hosted in the author’s personal directory in the Department of Astronomy’s web server, but it was subsequently moved to the static URL www.treasure-troves.com. Starting in June 199
