[ATMoB-discuss] Venus rising

[Bernie Volz (volz)]

See http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Criticisms_of_The_Da_Vinci_Code:

Venus is depicted as visible in the east shortly after sunset (Chapter
105), which is an astronomical impossibility. This was corrected to
"west" in some later editions, such as the 28th printing of the British
paperback, ISBN 0552149519 and apparently current printings of the US
hardback. [11].

- Bernie

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> Nielsen, Gunnlaugur Petur,Md
> Sent: Tuesday, May 16, 2006 7:23 PM
> To: Dr. Arthur G. Swedlow; E.Talmadge Mentall
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> Subject: RE: [ATMoB-discuss] Venus rising
> 
> My version of the book is different - there is a "pale 
> moonlight... and then it
> says
> 
> 
> "The stars were just now appearing, but to the WEST, a single 
> point of light
> glowed brighter than any other. Langdon smiled when he saw 
> it. It was Venus."
> 
> petur
> 
> -----Original Message-----
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> G. Swedlow
> Sent: Tue 5/16/2006 2:06 PM
> To: E.Talmadge Mentall
> Cc: atmob-discuss at atmob.org
> Subject: Re: [ATMoB-discuss] Venus rising
>  
> E.Talmadge Mentall wrote:
> > I just finished reading The Da Vinci Code last night, and a 
> passage in
> > the last chapter had me surging out of my easy chair and 
> shouting, "Kiss
> > WHAT!?" The author had a new moon in the sky shortly after 
> sunset, and
> > then he wrote: 
> >
> > "The stars were just now appearing, but to the east, a 
> single point of
> > light glowed brighter than any other. Langdon smiled when 
> he saw it. It
> > was Venus."
> >
> > I went to bed, chuckling.
> >
> > Tal
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> >   
> Tal,
> 
> How were you ever able to fall asleep??
> 
> Best...
> 
> Art
> 
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