| Edition |
First Da Capo Press edition. |
| Description |
ix, 313 pages, 16 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations (some color) ; 24 cm |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references and index. |
| Contents |
List of illustrations -- Preface -- 1. Archimedes in America -- 2. Archimedes in Syracuse -- 3. The great race, part 1 : before the Palimpsest -- 4. Visual science -- 5. The great race, part 2 : the history of the Palimpsest -- 6. Archimedes' Method, 1999, or The making of science -- 7. The critical path -- 8. Archimedes' Method, 2001, or Infinity unveiled -- 9. The digital Palimpsest -- 10. The Stomachion, 2003, or Archimedes at play -- 11. New light on an old subject -- Epilogue : "The vast book of the universe" -- Acknowledgements -- Further readding -- Index. |
| 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. |
| Subject |
Archimedes.
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Mathematics, Ancient.
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Palimpsests -- United States.
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| Added Author |
Noel, William.
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| ISBN |
9780306815805 |
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030681580X |
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