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João Batalha

07/06/18

@ Y Combinator

The goal of Fermat's Library is to promote open science, which includes sharing data and making research more accessible to facilitate replication and collaboration.

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Fermat's Library Cofounders João Batalha and Luís Batalha

@ Y Combinator

Fermat's Library Cofounders João Batalha and Luís Batalha

07/06/18

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We encourage contributions to Fermat's Library by inviting users to annotate papers, spread the word, and create lists of papers for their research groups.

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Fermat's Library is a platform for annotating academic papers, allowing users to add annotations in parts of papers that are difficult to understand.

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Building Fermat's Library was a side project that we quickly developed over a weekend, aiming to get it out there as fast as possible.

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We never focused on profitability or monetization for Fermat's Library, as it started as a side project with limited resources.

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We're building a platform for scientific collaboration, connecting researchers and improving the efficiency of scientific research.

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A fundamental principle of open source is that human genius can emerge from anywhere, and centralizing it in model labs is risky and less effective than allowing innovation to come from diverse sources.