Bait and Switch: The Case of the Archimedes Palimpsest | Cambridge University Library
You might think you know what you've got in a palimpsest. But of course you can't know until you can actually read it. When a group of people started to try to read the Archimedes Palimpsest, they thought they were digging up the ghost of a mathematician. But actually they dug up a philosopher and an orator, and set the scholarly world on fire. Join Dr Will Noel for this talk which takes a closer look at the Archimedes Palimpsest and the man behind it. A Q&A with Will and Dr Suzanne Paul, Keeper of Manuscripts and University Archives at Cambridge University Library, will follow his presentat...
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