http://www.cbc.ca/arts/books/story/2010/02/28/descartes-letter-discovery.html
A letter by Descartes, long thought to be lost, turned up in archival papers in the Haverford College Library. A Dutch researcher found it by using Google - the finding aid had been digitized, so even though nobody in Haverford remembered it being there, it was "found" again when the Dutch researcher pointed out its existence to library staff. It has been authenticated as a genuine Descartes letter.
See also
http://www.phil.uu.nl/~bos/unknown_letter.shtml
http://www.guardian.co.uk/books/2010/feb/26/rene-descartes-stolen-letter
A letter by Descartes, long thought to be lost, turned up in archival papers in the Haverford College Library. A Dutch researcher found it by using Google - the finding aid had been digitized, so even though nobody in Haverford remembered it being there, it was "found" again when the Dutch researcher pointed out its existence to library staff. It has been authenticated as a genuine Descartes letter.
See also
http://www.phil.uu.nl/~bos/unknown_letter.shtml
http://www.guardian.co.uk/books/2010/feb/26/rene-descartes-stolen-letter
KlausGraf - am Dienstag, 2. März 2010, 21:28 - Rubrik: English Corner
ho meinte am 2010/03/02 21:38:
Stunning--Google killed the library star?
user (Gast) meinte am 2010/03/04 18:40:
Der Skandal um Graf Guglielmo Libri Carucci
Johannes Willms nimmt diesen Vorfall zum Anlaß, an einen Skandal aus dem 19. Jahrhundert zu erinnern, in dessen Mittelpunkt der italienische Graf Guglielmo Libri Carucci steht: Süddeutsche Zeitung, 2. März 2010, S. 13: "Auch Manuskripte haben ihre Schicksale" (leider (noch?) nicht online).
