The Archimedes Codex
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PRODUCT OVERVIEW
- ISBN 9780297645474
- Categories BX, BXOS, Non-Fiction, Non-Fiction: Personal Development, Reference, WBD
- Author(s) Reviel Netz
- Publisher Weidenfeld and Nicolson
- Pages 320
- Format Hardcover
- Dimensions 24.0cm x 3.0cm x 16.0cm
- Weight 0.74 kg
product description
Archimedes only remaining manuscript is a palimpsest in which the books parchment has been reused, in this case as a prayer book. Netz and Noel tell the enthralling story of the survival of that prayer book from 1229 to the present, and investigate why that text is so important.
