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The Archimedes codex : how a medieval prayer book is revealing the true genius of antiquity's greatest scientist / Reviel Netz, William Noel.

Netz, Reviel.; Noel, William.
2007
QA31 .N48 2007
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Title
The Archimedes codex : how a medieval prayer book is revealing the true genius of antiquity's greatest scientist / Reviel Netz, William Noel.
Author
Netz, Reviel.
Edition
First Da Capo Press edition.
ISBN
9780306815805
030681580X
Published
Philadelphia, PA : Da Capo Press, 2007.
Language
English
Description
ix, 313 pages, 16 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations (some color) ; 24 cm
Call Number
QA31 .N48 2007
Dewey Decimal Classification
532/.25
510.9
Summary
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.
Bibliography, etc. Note
Includes bibliographical references and index.
Added Author
Noel, William.
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Archimedes' Method, 2001, or Infinity unveiled
The digital Palimpsest
The Stomachion, 2003, or Archimedes at play
New light on an old subject
Epilogue: "The vast book of the universe."

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