SETI bioastro: Newton's Principia Stolen from St. Petersburg

From: LARRY KLAES (ljk4@msn.com)
Date: Tue Nov 12 2002 - 11:49:55 PST

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The story here:

http://www.cnn.com/2002/TECH/science/11/11/offbeat.newton.book.reut/index.html

One has to wonder how they could sell such an item, unless it
was going to a private collector? Sounds like poor security at
that library in any case. Guards are usually paid very little at
such places and the temptation to get a lot more from thieves
surely outweighs the historical importance of such items.

FYI: A page from Newton's Principia was sent to the stars aboard the
Voyager Interstellar Record in 1977, as shown here:

http://voyager.jpl.nasa.gov/spacecraft/images/image111.gif

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