The Archimedes Palimpsest (Hardcover)

The Archimedes Palimpsest is the name given to a Byzantine prayer book that was written over a number of earlier manuscripts, including one that contained two unique 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 that constitute the Palimpsest. It will be of interest to manuscript scholars, conservators, classicists, and historians of science.

General

Imprint:	Cambridge UniversityPress
Country of origin:	United Kingdom
Series:	The Archimedes Palimpsest 2 Volume Set, Volume 1
Release date:	November 2011
First published:	November 2011
Editors:	Reviel Netz • William Noel • Nigel Wilson • Natalie Tchernetska
Dimensions:	345 x 251 x 40mm (L x W x T)
Format:	Hardcover
Pages:	350
ISBN-13:	978-1-107-01457-2
Categories:	Books > Science & Mathematics > Mathematics > History of mathematics Books > Humanities > History > World history > BCE to 500 CE Books > History > World history > BCE to 500 CE
LSN:	1-107-01457-3
Barcode:	9781107014572

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