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William Noel

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 revealing look at the full range of mathematical discoveries and theories that were found, as well as the technological tools that made it possible.

How a Medieval Prayer Book is Revealing the True Genius of Antiquity's Greatest Scientist

The Archimedes Codex

How a Medieval Prayer Book Is Revealing the True Genius of Antiquity's Greatest Scientist

Archimedes

Volume 1 of the first authoritative translation of Archimedes' works into English.

Translation and Commentary

The Works of Archimedes: Volume 1, The Two Books On the Sphere and the Cylinder

The history of animals and humans as seen through barbed wire.

An Ecology of Modernity

Barbed Wire

RACHEL E. SCHWARTZ

Encontra-se aqui a verdadeira história do mais importante códex científico - o Palimpsesto de Arquimedes. O códex sobreviveu por mais de mil anos, apesar de todas as circunstâncias adversas. O livro com o texto de Arquimedes teve suas páginas raspadas, recebeu novo texto, foi danificado e permaneceu nas prateleiras de um mosteiro antigo. Resistiu às cruzadas e às guerras mundiais, viajando do oriente ao ocidente.

Codex Arquimedes

A history of ancient literary culture told through the quantitative facts of canon, geography, and scale.

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