@article{326675, author = {Netz, Reviel. and Noel, William.}, url = {http://library.usi.edu/record/326675}, title = {The Archimedes codex : how a medieval prayer book is revealing the true genius of antiquity's greatest scientist /}, publisher = {Da Capo Press,}, abstract = {Describes the discovery of the lost works of Archimedes, the great Greek mathematician, as part of a palimpsest from a medieval prayer book created during the thirteenth century, and offers a look at the full range of mathematical discoveries and theories that were found.}, recid = {326675}, pages = {ix, 313 p., [16] p. of plates :}, address = {Philadelphia, PA :}, year = {2007}, }