Re: VMs: Re: GOLDSTONES' BOOK

[jean-yves artero <jyartero@xxxxxxxx>]

Hi,

 

Thanks, Dennis.

You are right an interesting point is that the Goldstones are again pointing

at Friar Roger.

 

MHO opinion is that no theory can be fully excluded at this stage, even that one, and even if

Newbold to some extent was wrong.

 

I very much like the "elder than you think" motto.

Cheers,

 

Jean

Dennis <tsalagi@xxxxxxxx> wrote:

> 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 t!
> heir
>  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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