The Archimedes Palimpsest: Volume 1, Catalogue and Commentary |
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| Editor:
| Netz, Reviel
Noel, William
Wilson, Nigel
Tchernetska, Natalie |
| Series title: | The Archimedes Palimpsest Publications |
| ISBN: | 978-1-139-03025-0 |
| Publication Date: | May 2012 |
| Publisher: | Cambridge University Press
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| Book Format: | Digital download and online |
| List Price: | USD $225.00 |
Book Description:
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The result of a trailblazing project to recover lost texts from the ancient world, this book describes the discovery and recovery of erased texts in the Archimedes Palimpsest, the unique source for two treatises by Archimedes, lost speeches by the Athenian orator Hyperides and a commentary on Aristotle's Categories.
The result of a trailblazing project to recover lost texts from the ancient world, this book describes the discovery and recovery of erased texts in the Archimedes Palimpsest, the unique source for two treatises by Archimedes, lost speeches by the Athenian orator Hyperides and a commentary on Aristotle's Categories.