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| Named Person: | Roger Bacon |
|---|---|
| Material Type: | Internet resource |
| Document Type: | Book, Internet Resource |
| All Authors / Contributors: |
Lawrence Goldstone; Nancy Bazelon Goldstone |
| ISBN: | 0767914732 9780767914734 |
| OCLC Number: | 55587275 |
| Description: | xi, 320 p. : ill. (some col.) ; 21 cm. |
| Contents: | Turmoil and opportunity : Roger Bacon's England -- Logic and mysticism : Aristotle, Plato, and Christianity -- Logic and theology : the evolution of scholasticism -- Dogma, drink, and dissent : the University of Paris -- Rebels in gray robes : Oxford -- Science goes mainstream : the rise of Albertus Magnus -- The dumb ox : Thomas Aquinas -- The miraculous doctor : Roger Bacon at Oxford -- Autocracy in the Order of St. Francis -- Theology becomes a science : the logic of Thomas Aquinas -- The great work -- Seeing the future : the Scientia Experimentalis of Roger Bacon -- Knowledge suppressed : the conservatives -- Enigmas and espionage : the strange journey of Dr. Dee -- Brilliant braggart : Francis Bacon -- The trail of the cipher manuscript -- The making of the most mysterious manuscript in the world -- MS 408 -- The unfinished legacy of Roger Bacon. |
| Responsibility: | Lawrence and Nancy Goldstone. |
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Abstract:
A study of the mystery of the Voynich Manuscript, discovered in 1912, examines the theory that thirteenth-century astronomer Roger Bacon was the author of the book, which is written in an indecipherable language and code that remains unsolved.
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