Book ID: CBB000953101

The Archimedes Codex: How a Medieval Prayer Book Is Revealing the True Genius of Antiquity's Greatest Scientist (2007)

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Netz, Reviel (Author)
Noel, William (Author)


Da Capo Press


Publication Date: 2007
Physical Details: ix + 313 pp.; ill.; bibl.; index
Language: English

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Review Folkerts, Menso (2009) Review of "The Archimedes Codex: How a Medieval Prayer Book Is Revealing the True Genius of Antiquity's Greatest Scientist". Isis: International Review Devoted to the History of Science and Its Cultural Influences (p. 154). unapi

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Netz, Reviel
Saito, Ken
Archimedes
Masià Fornos, Ramon
Tchernetska, Natalie
Arquímedes
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Historia Mathematica
Sciamvs: Sources and Commentaries in Exact Sciences
Almagest
Apeiron: Journal for Ancient Philosophy and Science
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