Re: VMs: Re: GOLDSTONES' BOOK

[Dennis <tsalagi@xxxxxxxx>]

jean-yves artero wrote:

>       Goldstone, Lawrence & Nancy Goldstone: the Friar and the Cipher:
>       Roger Bacon and the Unsolved Mystery of the Most Unusual
>       Manuscript in the World.(Book Review)

	I've been wondering about this too.  It's odd that we 
haven't heard anything from the Goldstones.

> Beginning with their subtitle, the Goldstones (Slightly Chipped, 1999, 
> etc.) can't resist the superlative whenever they offer an adjective or 
> adverb. Lots of most's and -est endings here: for example, "William and 
> Elizabeth Friedman ... generally considered the greatest cryptanalysts 
> who ever lived." It's most annoying, particularly since the fascinating 
> story does not need any additional hype from inflected modifiers. 

	This review doesn't sound encouraging!

> that readers may forget their original destination. Still, it's 
> interesting to follow the struggles of the early Christian church with 
> the inconveniences of scientific reasoning and discovery. (Repression 
> was the church's default response.) 

	Perhaps all this is due to their earlier book "Out of the 
Flames."

> Many scrambled historical eggs conceal the Bacon. (32 b&w illustrations) 
> (Agent: Fred Morris/Jed Mattes)

	Just why do they talk about Roger Bacon?  No one believes 
it was him anymore; even Marci wasn't sure.
Maybe Bacon reminds them of Servetius?

> Was it published? Is it available for now?

	Amazon says "This title will be released on February 15, 
2005. "   We had to wait quite a while for Kennedy and
Churchill, though.

Dennis

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