medieval-religion: Scholarly discussions of medieval religion and culture Christopher Crockett wrote: > > i still think that the absolute number of scientific articles was > much, much greater than in the humanities. > > in my admitedly unscientific survey... One wet afternoon 30 years ago, I measured the shelf space rapidly being taken up by Chemical Abstracts. I discovered that it was expanding faster than exponentially! (Solutions proposed included removing the first 50 years to a store - I pointed out that it wasn't the first 50 years that were a problem, as something like the last 5 years occupied much the same space!) John Briggs ********************************************************************** To join the list, send the message: join medieval-religion YOUR NAME to: [log in to unmask] To send a message to the list, address it to: [log in to unmask] To leave the list, send the message: leave medieval-religion to: [log in to unmask] In order to report problems or to contact the list's owners, write to: [log in to unmask] For further information, visit our web site: http://www.jiscmail.ac.uk/lists/medieval-religion.html