Archimedes' Secret

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"Now I know why I had so much trouble with mathematics in high school. This guy, Archemedes, lived in the 3rd century BC and wrote this book or parchment manuscript on math. After the Romans took over Syracuse and killed Archimedes, the manuscript got lost for two thousand years, making in that period only rare and unscheduled appearances. Evidently, in the 12th century, some monks got hold of it, did their best to erase Archimedes, and painted a prayer book over his Greek characters. A painting over another painting is called a palimpsest, and so we get The Archimedes Palimpsest, which I sugg..."