The Archimedes Codex : how a medieval prayer book is revealing the true genius of antiquity's greatest scientist /
The extraordinary story of the discovery of lost works by Archimedes beneath the pages of a medieval prayer book, and the amazing secrets they reveal.
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Da Capo Press,
2007
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