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Archimedes sent a fax to XXI century

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Image of the Week #10, September 26, 2011: From: Archimedes and Euclid? Like String Theory versus Freshman Calculus by Davide Castelvecchi at Degrees of Freedom Original Source: Archimedes himself, via Archimedes Palimpsest Project and Lost and Found: The Secrets of Archimedes High powered x-rays of a 10th century prayer book reveal one of two surviving [...]