[SCA-BMDL] Archimedes paper discovered

[KaziBrionSCA]

Hi everyone,

I hope the link below works.  There was an article in LA Times about the
deciphering of a palimsest (a parchment manuscript, where one work was
erased and the parchment was recut and recycled into a prayer book).  This
palimpsest has been around since 1907 or so, but it has finally been read
using a slew of high-tech imaging techniques.  It seems that Archimedes was
exploring the concept of infinity and was trying to develop calculus-like
math.  

Pretty neat.  

Kazi

http://www.latimes.com/news/nationworld/nation/la-sci-archimedes26dec26,1,72
61044.story?page=1&coll=la-headlines-nation