Comment on "How Science Survived: Medieval Manuscripts' `Demography' and Classic Texts' Extinction"
Georges Declercq
Exciting though it may seem, the mathematical model developed by Cisne (Reports, 25 February 2005, p. 1305) to analyze transmission of texts and manuscripts from Antiquity Middle Ages does not hold up scrutiny. It seriously underestimates losses, thus leading conclusions that are unwarranted.
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