The Archimedes Palimpsest 2 Volume Set

by Reviel Netz

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...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1107016843
• ISBN13: 9781107016842
• Release Date: December 2011
• Publisher: Cambridge University Press
• Length: 700 Pages
• Weight: 11.05 lbs.
• Dimensions: 3.1" x 9.9" x 13.5"