A mysterious text ... hidden in a prayer book

Revealing the lost codex ... View this email in your browser.

NOVEMBER 1, 2014 TODAY’S CLASSIC TED TALK William Noel: Revealing the lost codex of Archimedes ... hidden in a prayer book 14:53 minutes · TEDxSummit A 2,000-year-old manuscript that has been erased, cut up, written on and painted over ... that hides a secret book of ancient knowledge. It sounds like fiction, but as ancient books curator William Noel tells us, it's real. Hear the fascinating story behind the Archimedes palimpsest, a Byzantine prayer book containing previously unknown writings from ancient Greek mathematician Archimedes -- and others. Watch now »     PLAYLIST OF THE DAY Math talks to blow your mind Numbers, patterns and equations are at the core of these talks, which will teach you how to fold better origami and how to quantify history. Watch » 10 talks · Total run time 2:18:14