The Friar and the Cipher修道士与密码
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作者： Lawrence Goldstone, Nancy Goldstone 著
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出版时间： 2006-2-1字数：版次： 1页数： 320印刷时间： 2006/02/01开本： 32开印次： 1纸张： 胶版纸I S B N ： 9780767914727包装： 平装编辑推荐
The Goldstones， bibliophiles and authors of Out of the Flames and other books， offer a witty biography of controversial 13th-century Dominican friar Roger Bacon， whose Opus Majus "presented a way of thinking， of approaching science， that is virtually unsurpassed in the thousand years since its creation。" According to the Goldstones， by challenging the accepted view of the Bible as the source of literal truth， it opened a schism between religion and science。 The Church's response， recounted here， was filled with political intrigue， heroes and villains， and enough twists and turns to keep readers immersed。 But this book's highlight is the story of a mysterious book discovered in 1912 and named for its owner， Wilfrid Voynich。 The manuscript has a coded text enhanced by hundreds of illustrations depicting exotic plants， astronomical phenomena and strange "strings of tiny naked women cavorting in a variety of fountains， waterfalls， and pools。" Various experts have attributed the manuscript to Bacon—but as it has kept its secrets from some of the world's greatest cryptanalysts， including some in the CIA and England's MI-8， as well as the largest supercomputers in the world， the attribution remains speculative。 But these efforts make a compelling story for readers of the history of science and of code breaking。 B&w illus
内容简介
The Voynich Manuscript，amysterious tome discovered in 1912 by the English book dealer Wilfrid Michael Voynich，has puzzled scholars for almost a century。Only six inches by nine inches，but over two hudred pages long，with odd illustrations of plants，astrological diagrams，and naked women，it is writtrn in so indecipherable a language and contains so complicated a code that mathematicians，book collectors，linguists，and historians alike have yet to solve the mysteries contained within，However，in The Friar and the Cipher，the acclaimed bibliophiles and historians Lawrence and Nancy Goldstone describe in fascinating detail the theory that Roger Bacon，the noted thirteenth century pre Copernican astronomer，was its author and that the per plexing alphabet was written in his hand。Along the way，they explain the many proposed solutions that scholars have put forth and the myriad attempts at labeling the manuscript’s content，as well as its journey across centuries，language，and countries，A compulsively readable amalgam of The Da Vinci Code，Possession，and The Code Book，The Friar and the Cipher is historically wide ranging and wonderfully enteraining。
目录
Prologue
CHAPTER ONE
Turmoil and Opportunity：Roger Bacon’s England
CHAPTER TWO
logic and Mysticism：Aristotle,Plato,and Christianity
CHAPTER THERR
Logic and Theology：The Evolution of Scholaticism
CHAPTER FOUR
Dogma,Drink,and Dissent：The University of Paris
CHAPTER FIVE
Rebels in Gray Robes：Oxford
CHAPTER SIX
Science Goes Mainstream:The Rise of Albertus Magnus
CHAPTER SEVEN
The Dumb Ox:Thomas Aquinas
CHAPTER EIGHT
The Miraculous Doctor:Roger Bacon at Oxford
CHAPTER NINE
Autocracy in the Order of St.Francis
CHAPTER TEN
Theology Becomes a Science:The Logic of Thomas Aquinas
CHAPTER ELEVEN
The Great Work
CHAPTER TWELVE
Seeing the Future:The Scientia Experimentalis of Roger Bacon
CHAPTER THIRTEEN
Knowledge Supperssd:The Conservatives Respond
CHAPTER FOURTEEN
Enigmas and Espionage:The Strange Journey of Dr.Dee
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