“Four hostile newspapers are more to be feared than a thousand bayonets.” Attributed to Napoleon Bonaparte, Statesman (1769-1821).
Monday, 9 January 2017
Big bucks for books
A 1687 first edition of Newton’s Philosophiae naturalis principia mathematica was auctioned last month for $3,719, 500. Setting a new world auction record for a printed scientific book.
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