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Author:

Netz, Reviel.

Title:

The Archimedes codex : how a medieval prayer book is revealing the true genius of antiquity's greatest scientist / Reviel Netz, William Noel.

Edition:

1st Da Capo Press ed.

Publisher:

Da Capo Press,

Copyright Date:

2007

Description:

ix, 313 p., [16] p. of plates : ill. (some col.) ; 24 cm.

Subject:

Archimedes.
Mathematics, Ancient.
Palimpsests--United States.

Other Authors:

Noel, William.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Contents:

Archimedes in America -- Archimedes in Syracuse -- The great race, part 1: before the Palimpsest -- Visual science -- The great race, part II: the history of the Palimpsest -- Archimedes' Method, 1999, or The making of science -- The critical path -- Archimedes' Method, 2001, or Infinity unveiled -- The digital Palimpsest -- The Stomachion, 2003, or Archimedes at play -- New light on an old subject -- Epilogue: "The vast book of the universe."

Summary:

Describes the discovery of the lost works of Archimedes, the great Greek mathematician, as part of a palimpsest from a medieval prayer book created during the thirteenth century, and offers a look at the full range of mathematical discoveries and theories that were found.

ISBN:

030681580X
9780306815805

Locations:

USUX851 -- Iowa State University - Parks Library (Ames)

KSPG296 -- Burlington Public Library (Burlington)

BAPH771 -- Des Moines Public Library (Des Moines)

OAAX516 -- Maharishi University of Management Library (Fairfield)

OVUX522 -- University of Iowa Libraries (Iowa City)

KAPF566 -- Keokuk Public Library (Keokuk)

GEPG771 -- West Des Moines Public Library (West Des Moines)

CJPC482 -- Williamsburg Public Library (Williamsburg)