... as to others!
In a lab in the U.S, the most authentic copy of a collection of notes by Archimedes, the brilliant Greek mathematician, is being painstakingly restored. The manuscript had been cut up and written over to form a medieval prayer-book.
In a lab in the U.S, the most authentic copy of a collection of notes by Archimedes, the brilliant Greek mathematician, is being painstakingly restored. The manuscript had been cut up and written over to form a medieval prayer-book.
For this peanut gallery scientist, this kind of stuff is fascinating ... and they preserved the original prayer book as well!
- Read about the role of the Stanford Linear Accelerator Center (SLAC) after a staff scientist realized they could help the preservationists and translators free Archimedes hidden notes.
- Read a detailed background on the science behind decoding the palimpsest from Stanford Research.
- Read the palimpsest's movie script-like history and view flash slides of the process. Really worth the trip.
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