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Back then, knowledge was around noble classes, so it was a very small circle that must know Latin to understand some written work.
Nowadays, magazines and internet took this difficult articles, wrote them in a nice soft language and presents to ordinary people the idea of the scientific article, without using the experiments and so. Because of that, it's easier to understand.
Besides, scientific investments has grown more than ever in 21 century. We have more knowledge than ever!
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