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The Archimedes Palimpsest by Reviel Netz, Hardcover | Indigo Chapters

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The Archimedes Palimpsest by Reviel Netz, Hardcover | Indigo Chapters
The Archimedes Palimpsest by Reviel Netz, Hardcover | Indigo Chapters

Indigo

The Archimedes Palimpsest by Reviel Netz, Hardcover | Indigo Chapters

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The Archimedes Palimpsest is the name given to a Byzantine prayer-book which was written over a number of earlier manuscripts, including three 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. The book 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. | The Archimedes Palimpsest by Reviel Netz, Hardcover | Indigo Chapters

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