ARCHIMEDES PALIMPSEST ... another hidden treasure

So what is this ARCHIMEDES PALIMPSEST?

It contains A's books:

Equilibrium of Planes
Spiral Lines
The Measurement of the Circle
Sphere and Cylinder
On Floating Bodies
The Method of Mechanical Theorems
Stomachion


According to Jonathan Fildes of the BBC ... X-rays reveal Archimedes' secrets "A series of hidden texts written by the ancient Greek mathematician Archimedes are being revealed by US scientists."

Now that's a story ... of seriously missing manuscripts

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