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Re: The History of Celestial Navigation (2020)
From: Bill Lionheart
Date: 2020 Jul 28, 16:52 +0100
From: Bill Lionheart
Date: 2020 Jul 28, 16:52 +0100
And Scholars typically use and value libraries. An efficient way to distribute books with a specialised readership.
But the electronic age makes some things harder for independent scholars. In the UK we have the British library .. you can go there and request anything ... but have to sit there to read it typically
Bill.
On Tue, 28 Jul 2020, 16:40 Geoffrey Kolbe, <NoReply_GeoffreyKolbe@fer3.com> wrote:
Dale Lichtblau said:
"$160? I don't think so."
This is not a "popular" book. It is a book for "scholars" with an expectation of a limited market. That being the case, the price is actually quite reasonable...
Geoffrey Kolbe
