http://www.stanfordalumni.org/news/magazine/2005/sepoct/farm/news/manuscript.html
http://www.exploratorium.edu/archimedes/webcast.html
^^^Webcast of the manuscript
you give me a lever and a place to stand, and I can move the world.
-Archimedes
This is absolutley amazing! And to think someone actually wrote over the work . This manuscript is over 174 pages and is the oldest work obtained of Archimedes
http://www.archimedespalimpsest.org/scholarship_netz.html
^^The importance of the manuscript
http://daily.stanford.edu/article/2002/11/13/profsSayAncientGreeksUsedConceptOfInfinity
“We could hardly believe our eyes,†he wrote in an article published in the Nov. 1 issue of the journal Science. “It turned out that Archimedes was looking for rigorous ways of establishing . . . calculus.â€
Netz’s discovery contradicts to the commonly accepted belief that modern mathematicians were the first to be able to handle infinitely large sets. According to conventional wisdom, the Greeks avoided dealing with infinity
i was watching that.
it amazing the restorative work they can do.
http://video.google.com/videoplay?docid=8211813884612792878&q=Archimedes+Palimpsest
^^thought you might enjoy!