A gripping literary detective story The revelations change the history of science and mathematics Guaranteed huge media coverage - already started
Reviel Netz is Professor of Ancient Science at Stanford University. His co-author, William Noel, is the Manuscripts Curator of the Walters Art Museum and head of the Archimedes Project.Dr. William Noel received his Ph.D in 1993 from Cambridge University. Among the Positions he has held are Director of Studies in the History of Art, Downing College, Cambridge and Assistant Curator of Manuscripts, The J.Paul Getty Museum, Los Angeles. Currently he is Curator of Manuscripts and Rare Books at The Walters Art Museum, Baltimore, a position he took up in 1997.Previous titles by Reviel Netz:Barbed Wire (HC Oct 04);The Works of Archimedes;By William Noel:Fatal Secrets;Broken River;Shattered Sky;The Harley Psalter
the incredible story of the codex itself provides a page-turner as addictive as anything by Dan Brown. - TIMES LITERARY SUPPLEMENTPart detective-story, part scientific history, this tells how modern scientific techniques have allowed our understanding and appreciation of Archimedes to blossom over the past decade. - GOOD BOOK GUIDE
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