Description: Archimedes Palimpsest : Catalogue and Commentary, Hardcover by Netz, Reviel (EDT); Noel, William (EDT); Tchernetska, Natalie (EDT); Wilson, Nigel (EDT), ISBN 1107014573, ISBN-13 9781107014572, Brand New, Free shipping in the US "The Archimedes Palimpsest is the name given to a Byzantine prayer-book which was written over a number of earlier manuscripts, including two unique examples containing works by Archimedes, unquestionably the greatest mathematician of antiquity. Sold at auction in 1998, it has since been the subject of a privately funded project to conserve, image, and transcribe its texts. In this volume the scientists, conservators, classicists, and historians involved in the project discuss in full their techniques and their discoveries. These include new speeches by the classical Athenian orator Hyperides, a lost commentary on Aristotle's Categories from the second or third century AD, and substantial re-readings and reinterpretations of the works by Archimedes. Th discusses the pioneering imaging and post-processing techniques used to reveal the texts, and includes detailed codicological descriptions of all eight manuscripts comprising the Palimpsest. It will be of interest to manuscript scholars, classicists,and historians of science"--
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Book Title: Archimedes Palimpsest : Catalogue and Commentary
Number of Pages: 350 Pages
Language: English
Publication Name: Archimedes Palimpsest
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Item Height: 1.6 in
Publication Year: 2011
Subject: History & Philosophy, General, Christianity / Orthodox, Science & Technology
Item Weight: 88.2 Oz
Type: Textbook
Item Length: 13.6 in
Subject Area: Mathematics, Religion, Biography & Autobiography, History
Author: William Noel
Item Width: 9.9 in
Series: The Archimedes Palimpsest Publications
Format: Hardcover
