The Archimedes Codex How a Medieval Prayer Book Is Revealing the True Genius of Antiquity's Greatest Scientist
| Author/creator | Netz, Reviel Author |
| Other author | Noel, William Author |
| Format | Electronic |
| Publication Info | New York : Perseus Books Group |
| Description | 336 p. ill 09.000 x 06.000 in. |
| Supplemental Content | Full text available from Ebook Central - Academic Complete |
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| Summary | Annotation <div>Part archaeological detective story, part science, and part history, <i>The Archimedes Codex</i> tells the astonishing story of a lost manuscript, from its tenth-century creation in ancient Constantinople to the auction block at Christie’s in New York, and how a team of scholars used the latest imaging technology to reveal and decipher the original text. What they found was the earliest surviving manuscript by Archimedes (287 BC–212 BC), the greatest mathematician of antiquity—a manuscript that established, for the first time, the extent of his mathematical genius, which was two thousand years ahead of modern science.</div> |
| Access restriction | Available only to authorized users. |
| Technical details | Mode of access: World Wide Web |
| Genre/form | Electronic books. |
| ISBN | 9780306817373 |
| ISBN | 0306817373 (Trade Paper) Active Record |
| Standard identifier# | 9780306817373 |
| Stock number | 00336421 |
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| Electronic Resources | Access Content Online | ✔ Available |