The Archimedes Codex: Revealing The Secrets Of The World's Greatest Palimpsest
Revealing The Secrets Of The World's Greatest Palimpsest
Reviel Netz
ISBN: | 9781780221984 |
Publisher: | Hachette |
Published: | 13 October, 2011 |
Format: | eBook |
Language: | English |
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The Archimedes Codex: Revealing The Secrets Of The World's Greatest Palimpsest
Revealing The Secrets Of The World's Greatest Palimpsest
Reviel Netz
The story of the amazing discovery of Archimedes' lost worksDrawings 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
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