The Science Magpie: A Hoard of Fascinating facts Stories, Poems, Diagrams and Jokes plucked from Science and its History Simon Flynn Icon 2012 Hardback
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The Archimedes Codex
Reviel Netz; William Noel Da Capo 2007 Hardback
In 1998 a charred and battered medieval prayer book was auctioned at Christie's in New York. Hidden beneath the later text, and barely decipherable, wIn 1998 a charred and battered medieval prayer book was auctioned at Christie's in New York. Hidden beneath the later text, and barely decipherable, was the oldest surviving manuscript of the work of Archimedes, the greatest mathematician of the ancient world. This engrossing, scholarly detective story shows how years of painstaking effort, aided by the latest imaging technology, brought researchers to their own Eureka moment - one that would fundamentally transform our understanding of the history of science. ...more
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I Used to Know That: Maths Stuff you forgot from school Chris Waring Michael O'Mara 2010 Hardback