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The Archimedes Codex: 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
Author: Reviel Netz, William Noel
Part archaeological detective story, part science, and part history, The Archimedes Codex 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 o...  more »
ISBN-13: 9780306817373
ISBN-10: 0306817373
Publication Date: 1/8/2009
Pages: 336
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Publisher: Da Capo Press
Book Type: Paperback
Other Versions: Hardcover
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