Ангелы и демоны

Chapter 49

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           Langdonlaughed.Discorsihoweverwasnotwhattheywerelookingfor.LangdonexplainedthatDiscorsihadnotbeenGalileo’sonlyworkwhileunderhousearrest.HistoriansbelievedhehadalsowrittenanobscurebookletcalledDiagramma.

           "DiagrammadellaVerità,"Langdonsaid."DiagramofTruth."

           "Neverheardofit."

           "I’mnotsurprised.DiagrammawasGalileo’smostsecretivework—supposedlysomesortoftreatiseonscientificfactsheheldtobetruebutwasnotallowedtoshare.LikesomeofGalileo’spreviousmanuscripts,DiagrammawassmuggledoutofRomebyafriendandquietlypublishedinHolland.ThebookletbecamewildlypopularintheEuropeanscientificunderground.ThentheVaticancaughtwindofitandwentonabook-burningcampaign."

           Vittorianowlookedintrigued."AndyouthinkDiagrammacontainedtheclue?Thesegno.TheinformationaboutthePathofIllumination."

           "DiagrammaishowGalileogotthewordout.ThatI’msureof."Langdonenteredthethirdrowofvaultsandcontinuedsurveyingtheindicatortabs."ArchivistshavebeenlookingforacopyofDiagrammaforyears.ButbetweentheVaticanburningsandthebooklet’slowpermanencerating,thebooklethasdisappearedoffthefaceoftheearth."

           "Permanencerating?"

           "Durability.Archivistsratedocumentsonethroughtenfortheirstructuralintegrity.Diagrammawasprintedonsedgepapyrus.It’sliketissuepaper.Lifespanofnomorethanacentury."

           "Whynotsomethingstronger?"

           "Galileo’sbehest.Toprotecthisfollowers.Thiswayanyscientistscaughtwithacopycouldsimplydropitinwaterandthebookletwoulddissolve.

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