13th century text hides words of Archimedes

Los Angeles Times ^ | December 26, 2006 | Jia-Rui Chong

[dbehsman]

THE book cost $2 million at auction, but large sections are unreadable.

Some of its 348 pages are torn or missing and others are covered with sprawling purple patches of mildew. Sooty edges and water stains indicate a close escape from a fire.

[dbehsman]

I know a couple of articles about this manuscript have been posted before, but I thought everyone might be interested in this one. This is a fantastic article. It is four pages long, and it goes into great detail about the manuscript itself. I highly recommend it.

I was surprised to see a quality article appearing in the Los Angeles Times.

[conservatism_IS_compassion]

Interesting.

[stefanbatory]

ping for after work!

[visualops]

Fascinating.

[knarf]

I won’t give the slimes a hit ... what does the article reveal about Archimedes we didn’t know before?

[Louis Foxwell]

There was a feature show on the History channel about this a year ago. There should be a web site. Looking....

[Smokin' Joe]

ping

[2banana]

Underneath it all, however, is an exceptional treasure — the oldest surviving copy of works by the ancient Greek mathematician and engineer Archimedes of Syracuse, who lived in the 3rd century BC.

...

Archimedes died in 212 BC, when Syracuse was sacked by the Romans. Legend holds that he was drawing figures in the sand. "Don't disturb my circles," he supposedly told the soldier who killed him.

I find it interesting that people and liberal newspaper can take a text, by their own admission, written 400-500 years after the fact as something close to the truth but ignore the Bible that can be traced to their original authors (or pretty darn close) and are unchanged...

[blam]

Got it, thanks.

[SunkenCiv]

Thanks for the topic and ping. You’re right, this one has popped in the media up more than the Antikythera mechanism, and Google often isn’t enough to find ‘em on FR:

Culture/Society News Keywords: HOW DO YOU SPELL PALIMPSET?
Source: BBC
Posted on 07/11/2000 22:46:08 PDT by TrueGood
http://www.freerepublic.com/forum/a396c06207660.htm

Archimedes manuscript yields secrets under X-ray gaze
PhysOrg.com | 20 May 2005 | Staff
Posted on 05/21/2005 7:14:32 AM EDT by PatrickHenry
http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1407559/posts

Fresh look at Archimedes’ theories
Discovery News | Monday, 6 June 2005 | Rossella Lorenzi
Posted on 06/09/2005 2:21:50 AM EDT by nickcarraway
http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1419341/posts

X-rays reveal Archimedes secrets
BBC News | 2 August 2006 | Jonathan Fildes
Posted on 08/02/2006 4:45:46 PM EDT by my_pointy_head_is_sharp
http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1676614/posts

Archimedes’ hidden writings revealed with particle accelerator (Stanford)
ap on San Diego Union - Tribune | 8/4/06 | Terence Chea - ap
Posted on 08/04/2006 10:39:30 PM EDT by NormsRevenge
http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1678104/posts

A Layered Look Reveals Ancient Greek Texts
New York Times | November 27, 2006 | Felicia R. Lee
Posted on 12/01/2006 1:05:16 PM EST by SunkenCiv
http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-chat/1747027/posts

Text Reveals More Ancient Secrets (Aristotle)
BBC | 4-26-2007 | Rebecca Morelle
Posted on 04/26/2007 9:32:04 AM EDT by blam
http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1823844/posts

Archimedes Palimpsest contains sections from at least seven books.
National Geographic News | April 26, 2007 | Kate Ravilious
Posted on 04/27/2007 5:55:24 PM EDT by Richard from IL
http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1824833/posts

related:

Experts urge race against time to unearth last secrets of Herculaneum s lost library
The Scotsman | Wed 27 Mar 2002 | Tim Cornwell
Posted on 04/03/2002 7:32:14 PM EST by Korth
http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/news/659052/posts
45 posted on 02/14/2005 11:43:15 AM EST by SunkenCiv
http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/news/659052/posts?page=45#45

Imaging Technology Restores 700-Year-Old Sacred Hindu Text
[ Sarvamoola granthas ]
RIT University News Web | Tuesday, September 19, 2006 | Susan Gawlowicz
Posted on 09/19/2006 12:13:54 PM EDT by SunkenCiv
http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-chat/1704296/posts

Archaeologists discover alma mater of Archimedes
The Los Angeles Times | May 9, 2004 | Thomas Maugh II
Posted on 05/10/2004 2:03:56 AM EDT by SteveH
http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1132565/posts

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