Where copyright led to books being priced as luxury goods in the U.K., the threat
of piracy forced German publishers to produce cheap
editions for the masses alongside their premium - priced
editions, resulting in a period that Höffner believes may have been the most lucrative ever for authors — he discovered, for example, that an obscure Berlin chemist earned more in royalties for a tract on how to tan leather than Mary Shelley did for writing Frankenstein — prompting more
academics to publish their findings, and encouraging the spread
of practical manuals in fields like
medicine, engineering and agriculture.
Dr. Bergeron also serves on the
academic advisory board for the International Olympic Committee's postgraduate diploma program in sports
medicine, and he recently co-chaired the IOC Consensus Meeting on youth athletic development which will be highlighted in a special edition of the British Journal of Sports Medicine in Ju
medicine, and he recently co-chaired the IOC Consensus Meeting on youth athletic development which will be highlighted in a special
edition of the British Journal
of Sports
Medicine in Ju
Medicine in July 2015.