Publication Date:
2005-12-13
Description:
Exciting though it may seem, the mathematical model developed by Cisne (Reports, 25 February 2005, p. 1305) to analyze the transmission of texts and manuscripts from Antiquity and the Middle Ages does not hold up to scrutiny. It seriously underestimates the losses, thus leading to conclusions that are unwarranted.〈br /〉〈span class="detail_caption"〉Notes: 〈/span〉Declercq, Georges -- New York, N.Y. -- Science. 2005 Dec 9;310(5754):1618; author reply 1618.〈br /〉〈span class="detail_caption"〉Author address: 〈/span〉Department of History, Vrije Universiteit Brussel, Pleinlaan 2, Brussels, B-1050, Belgium. georges.declercq@vub.ac.be〈br /〉〈span class="detail_caption"〉Record origin:〈/span〉 〈a href="http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/16339431" target="_blank"〉PubMed〈/a〉
Keywords:
History, Ancient
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History, Medieval
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Libraries
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Logistic Models
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Manuscripts as Topic/*history
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Science/*history
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Time Factors
Print ISSN:
0036-8075
Electronic ISSN:
1095-9203
Topics:
Biology
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Chemistry and Pharmacology
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Computer Science
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Medicine
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Natural Sciences in General
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Physics
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