The Palimpsest, a writing of Archimedes once thought lost to history, has been revealed through the advanced use of a ...

The post Archimedes Is One Of The Greatest Minds Of All Time, And The Story Of How One Of His Work Was Lost, Preserved, And ...

The oldest known copy of Archimedes’ work lies hidden under the pages of a 13th century prayer book. For years, scientists and scholars tried to decipher what ancient script they could.

Sener has since earned multiple medals for his attempt to bring the ancient device to life. In his view, he as shown that ...

Archimedes saw the water level change as he dipped into the tub and, in a flash of insight, realized he could use the same phenomenon to test the purity of gold.

The text of the prayer book is seen from top to bottom, the original Archimedes manuscript is seen as fainter text below it running from left to right. The Walters Museum, CC BY 3.0 , via ...

BIG LITERARY FIND IN CONSTANTINOPLE; Savant Discovers Books by Archimedes, Copied About 900 A.D. IT OPENS A BIG FIELD Whether the Turks Destroyed the Libraries When They Took the City Always a ...

"Archimedes was like no-one before him," says Will Noel, curator of manuscripts and rare books at the Walters Art Museum in Baltimore, Maryland and director of the imaging project. "It just doesn't ...