Archimedes Codex: Revealing the Secrets of the World's Greatest Palimpsest Tapa blanda - 2007

Paperback. Very Good.

Weidenfeld & Nicholson, 2007, 2007. Soft cover. Near Fine. Octavo, softcover, near fine in bright yellow and orange decorative wraps. 305 pp. including index. unmarked. In 1998 a battered manuscript was won at auction for two million dollars by an anonymous buyer. It was a palimpsest - a book that was made from the pages stripped from earlier works where the earlier words were scrapped off and a new text was written over it. This was common practice in medieval times when paper was a valuable commodity. The book that was purchased was a simple thirteenth-century payer book. However, that is not what made the book valuable. The real value was the faint impressions of the much older tenth-century writing buried underneath it. It was the earliest writing of perhaps the greatest mathematicians in history - Archimedes.

Weidenfeld & Nicholson, 2007. Paperback. Good. Pages can have notes/highlighting. Spine may show signs of wear. ~ ThriftBooks: Read More, Spend Less.Dust jacket quality is not guaranteed.

Orion Publishing Group, Limited. Used - Good. Former library book; may include library markings. Used book that is in clean, average condition without any missing pages.

Weidenfeld & Nicolson. Very Good. Paperback. 2007. ix, 305pp. b/w illus. colour plates. White out names to prelims o/w a fine copy .

Weidenfeld & Nicholson, 2007-01-01. Paperback. New. 1.1811 in x 9.1339 in x 5.9843 in.

Weidenfeld & Nicolson . Used - Very Good. The Archimedes Codex

paperback. Good. Access codes and supplements are not guaranteed with used items. May be an ex-library book.