The Archimedes Codex: Revealing The Secrets Of The World's Greatest Palimpsest

Netz, Reviel; Noel, William

ISBN 10: 0297645471 ISBN 13: 9780297645474

Editorial: Weidenfeld & Nicolson, 2007

Idioma: Ingl�s

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The Archimedes Codex: Revealing The Secrets Of The World's Greatest Palimpsest

Editor

Weidenfeld & Nicolson

Fecha de publicaci�n

2007

Idioma

Ingl�s

ISBN 10

0297645471

ISBN 13

9780297645474

Encuadernaci�n

Hardcover

Ilustrador

Illus. With Photos

Edici�n

1st Edition

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Very Good

Estado de la sobrecubierta

Very Good

Peso

700 gramos

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Mathematics

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Drawings and writings by Archimedes, previously thought to have been destroyed, have been uncovered beneath the pages of a 13th-century monk's prayer book. These hidden texts, slowly being retrieved and deciphered by scientists, show that Archimedes' thinking (2,200 years ago) was even ahead of Isaac Newton in the 17th century. Archimedes discovered the value of Pi, he developed the theory of specific gravity and made steps towards the development of calculus. Everything we know about him comes from three manuscripts, two of which have disappeared. The third, currently in the Walters Art Museum, is a palimpsest - the text has been scraped off, the book taken apart and its parchment re-used, in this case as a prayer book. William Noel, the project director, and Reviel Netz, a historian of ancient mathematics, tell the enthralling story of the survival of that prayer book from 1229 to the present, and examine the process of recovering the invaluable text underneath as well as investigating into why that text is so important. Combining intrigue, lost books, academic detection and final revelations which rewrite the history of science and mathematics, The Archimedes Codex will be a major publishing event.

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Reviel Netz is Professor of Ancient Science at Stanford University, a leading authority on Archimedes, and editor of the Archimedes Palimpsest.

William Noel is Curator of Manuscripts and Rare Books at the Walters Art Museum and Director of the Archimedes Palimpsest Project.

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