The archimedes codex

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Drawings and writings by Archimedes, previously thought to have been destroyed, have been uncovered beneath the pages of a 13th-century monks prayer book. These hidden texts, slowly being retrieved and deciphered by scientists, show that Archimedes thinking (2,200 years ago) was even ahead of Isaac Newton in the 17th century. Archimedes discovered the value of Pi, he developed the theory of specific gravity and made steps towards the development of calculus. Everything we know about him comes fr...Vis mer