{"title":"William Noel","description":"","products":[{"product_id":"codex-arquimedes","title":"Codex Archimedes","description":"On October 29, 1998, the sale of an extremely old, ugly, and unattractive book, which fetched $2 million at an auction held by Christie's in New York, made headlines. A medieval priest's worn prayer book, scorched by fire, stained with water and paraffin, and corroded by mold, concealed one of the greatest scientific treasures of all time. Beneath the prayers, almost invisible due to the stains, lay hidden the text of the oldest manuscript by the great mathematician of the ancient world, Archimedes of Syracuse (287-212 BC). Charged with deciphering the pages of the precious palimpsest (parchment whose contents have been erased by washing or scraping and rewritten), which remained hidden for over a thousand years, William Noel, curator of Manuscripts and Rare Books at the Walters Art Museum, and historian Reviel Netz bring to light in CODEX ARCHIMEDES, a decade after its auction, the lost ideas of the great mathematical genius. The book containing Archimedes' text had its pages scraped, received new text, was damaged and remained on the shelves of an ancient monastery. It withstood the crusades and world wars, traveling from East to West. Discovered in 1906, it was briefly studied and then lost again for nearly a century before resurfacing in Paris 11 years ago. Thanks to cutting-edge imaging technology and the work of a dedicated academic team of scientists, technicians, and curators, its original contents have been unraveled, yielding surprising results that fundamentally change our understanding of the history of science. As the texts were unearthed, it was discovered that the scientist's mathematical ideas were far more sophisticated than previously thought, and that Archimedes had, in fact, more reasons than we imagined to shout \"Eureka!\" in his baths. Among the incredible discoveries were the complete copy of the revolutionary \"The Method,\" the playful \"Stomachion,\" covering topics ranging from gravity to infinity, and the only original Greek source for \"Floating Bodies\"—perhaps his most famous treatise. In a blend of detective story and adventure with romance and science, William Noel and Reviel Netz trace the incredible journey of the moth-eaten volume that spanned centuries, in a narrative that alternates between the story of the book itself and the history of the evolution of science that its pages reveal.","brand":"Totvsrj-record-dc","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47176293548284,"sku":"9788501078704","price":79.9,"currency_code":"BRL","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0722\/9197\/5420\/files\/7dacbe431c70d86a2a570aa1db58d957.jpg?v=1778326268"}],"url":"https:\/\/www.record.com.br\/en\/collections\/william-noel.oembed","provider":"Editora Record","version":"1.0","type":"link"}