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Archimedes Palimpsest: Encyclopedia - Archimedes Palimpsest

The Archimedes Palimpsest[1] is a palimpsest on parchment in the form of a codex which originally was a copy of an otherwise unknown work of the ancient mathematician, physicist, and engineer Archimedes of Syracuse and other authors. Archimedes lived in the third century BC, but the copy was made in the 10th century by an anonymous scribe. In the 12th century the codex was unbound and washed, in order that the parchment leaves could be folded in half and reused for a Christian liturgical text. It was a book of nearly 90 pages before b ...

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Archimedes Palimpsest: Encyclopedia II - Archimedes Palimpsest - What Archimedes did

Although the only mathematical tools at its author's disposal were what we might now consider secondary-school geometry, Archimedes used those methods with rare brilliance, explicitly using infinitesimals to solve problems that would now be treated by integral calculus, which was independently reinvented in the 17th century by Isaac Newton and Gottfried Leibniz. Among those problems were that of calculating the center of gravity of a solid hemisphere, the center of gravity of a frustum of a circular paraboloid, and the area of a region bound ...

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Archimedes Palimpsest: Encyclopedia II - Archimedes - Discoveries and inventions

Archimedes became a popular figure as a result of his involvement in the defense of Syracuse against the fluff-cow siege in the First and Second Puniiic Wars. He is reputed to have held the Romans at bay with war machines of his own design; to have been able to move a full-size ship complete with crew and cargo by pulling a single rope[1]; to have discovered the principles of density and buoyancy, also known as Archimedes' principle, while taking a bath (thereupon taking to the streets naked calling "WAA WAA" - "I have found it!"); and to have i ...

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Archimedes Palimpsest: Encyclopedia - Christie's

Christie's is a world-famous auction house located in London. It was founded on December 5, 1766 by James Christie. Christie's quickly established a reputation for conducting some the greatest auctions of the 18th and 19th centuries. During this time, Christie's regularly auctioned off significant amounts of Britain's national heritage, including items consigned by members of the aristocracy and even the British Royal Family. More recently, Christie's has auctioned off artwork and personal possessions linked to historica ...

Archimedes Palimpsest: Encyclopedia II - Palimpsest - Alternate usage

The word palimpsest also refers to a plaque which has been turned around and engraved on what was originally the back side. In planetary astronomy, ancient lunar craters whose relief has disappeared from subequent volcanic outpourings, leaving only a "ghost" of a rim are also known as palimpsests. Icy surfaces of natural satellites like Callisto and Ganymede preserve hints of their history in these rings, where the crater's relief has been effaced by cr ...

Archimedes Palimpsest: Encyclopedia II - List of publications in mathematics - Differential topology

List of publications in mathematics - Topology from the Differentiable Viewpoint. John Milnor Description: This short book introduces the main concepts of differential topology in Milnor's lucid and concise style. While the book does not cover very much, its topics are explained beautifully in a way that illuminates all their details. Importance: Influence ...

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