Friday, 5 January 2018

citations - Should I reference the book I got a formula from, or the source that book got the formula from?


I need to use a formula, found in a book "A". The book itself refers to an academic paper from the 50s, "B".


So when I use the formula, who should I reference?



We use the formula given as g = 4x^2 ("A", 2001).


We use the formula given as g = 4x^2 ("B", 1950).





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