ARCHIMEDES' PALIMPSEST From: The Record (Bergen County, NJ) | Date: July 12, 2000 | . Provided by ProQuest LLC.Copyright information

The Record (Bergen County, NJ)
07-12-2000
ARCHIMEDES' PALIMPSEST
Date: 07-12-2000, Wednesday
Section: OPINION
Edition: All Editions -- Two Star B, Two Star P, One Star B

WHILE modern forensic scientists are rewriting history through the
use of DNA, teams of researchers are busy reconstructing history -- with
digital cameras and other high technology.

The text in question is a 10th-century manuscript that's the only
known copy in ancient Greek of some writings and drawings by the
legendary mathematician Archimedes. The problem is that a 12th-century
monk erased Archimedes' words in order to ...

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