The Resource The Archimedes codex : revealing the secrets of the world's greatest palimpsest, Reviel Netz and William Noel
The Archimedes codex : revealing the secrets of the world's greatest palimpsest, Reviel Netz and William Noel
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- Summary
- 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. The authors tell the story of the survival of that prayer book and examine the process of recovering the text underneath as well as investigating why the text is so important
- Language
- eng
- Extent
- ix, 305 p., [16] p. of plates
- Isbn
- 9780297645474
- Label
- The Archimedes codex : revealing the secrets of the world's greatest palimpsest
- Title
- The Archimedes codex
- Title remainder
- revealing the secrets of the world's greatest palimpsest
- Statement of responsibility
- Reviel Netz and William Noel
- Language
- eng
- Summary
- 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. The authors tell the story of the survival of that prayer book and examine the process of recovering the text underneath as well as investigating why the text is so important
- Cataloging source
- StDuBDS
- http://library.link/vocab/creatorName
- Netz, Reviel
- Dewey number
-
- 510.9
- 510.9
- 510.9
- Illustrations
-
- illustrations
- maps
- portraits
- Index
- index present
- Literary form
- non fiction
- Nature of contents
- bibliography
- http://library.link/vocab/relatedWorkOrContributorName
- Noel, William
- http://library.link/vocab/subjectName
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- Archimedes
- Mathematics, Ancient
- Palimpsests
- Popular Science and Mathematics
- Label
- The Archimedes codex : revealing the secrets of the world's greatest palimpsest, Reviel Netz and William Noel
- Bibliography note
- Includes bibliographical references (p. 292-297) and index
- Control code
- 9780297645474
- Dimensions
- 25 cm.
- Extent
- ix, 305 p., [16] p. of plates
- Isbn
- 9780297645474
- Isbn Type
- (hbk.)
- Other physical details
- ill. (some col.), map, col. ports.
- Label
- The Archimedes codex : revealing the secrets of the world's greatest palimpsest, Reviel Netz and William Noel
- Bibliography note
- Includes bibliographical references (p. 292-297) and index
- Control code
- 9780297645474
- Dimensions
- 25 cm.
- Extent
- ix, 305 p., [16] p. of plates
- Isbn
- 9780297645474
- Isbn Type
- (hbk.)
- Other physical details
- ill. (some col.), map, col. ports.
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