Comment on "How science survived: medieval manuscripts' 'demography' and classic texts' extinction".
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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.
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ورودعنوان ژورنال:
- Science
دوره 310 5754 شماره
صفحات -
تاریخ انتشار 2005