Jane Goodall, beloved of the chimps of Africa, has been accused of plagiarism. Now, this really isn't a big deal, the only real repercussion being Goodall's loss of credibility and a couple hundred thousand bucks, but we'll examine it closely anyway. Goodall has been accused of copying and using un-cited sources in her new book, "Seeds of Hope". One possible reason for her use of this information is that while the majority of the book is her opinions and her interpretations of plants, when she comes to the history and technical aspects she is at a complete loss. Her specialty being chimps, she never really learned botany and as such was forced to go to these sources for more in-depth explanations and statistics.
Jane Goodall and her co-author (who may have been responsible for some of this plagiarism), should certainly take some steps to correct these errors. Errors which could spell the end for their book, and even as a writers of future novels.The solution to correct these errors should perhaps be accompanied by a public admittance of error and guilt. Proper citations should be accredited to each and every source she has not cited yet in her book. This was not a real serious offense and her image will probably help her to bounce back.
~Charles
Reading Times-
Today (Monday)
Comments- 15 mins.
Jane Goodall Article- 25 mins
Sunday
Cage of Eden- 2hrs
Total Time- 2 hrs 40 mins
Total Pages Read- About 200
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