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When a prayer book from the Medieval era sold at an auction in 1991 revealing the original scribblings from Archimedes, it became a discovery that made scholars all over the world really enthusiastic. They were able to examine the contents and confirmed that this was one of Archimedes lost work, “The Method”. The Greek mathematician’s genius revelations and theories would have helped change or confirm some upheld views about the world.

The world of science and math have looked up to Achimedes as one of the most brilliant scientists to ever exist. Many say that his original concepts were truly ahead of his time. Archimedes had a specific and highly advanced ideas about mathematics, which helped propel Sycaruse’s achievements against the Romans.

Chaos during the Middle Ages has caused his works to disappear but some of these were eventually recovered in the 17th century, greatly helping the information revolution of those days.

The Method, which was treated as his final work was not among those documents. But over 2000 years later, this was finally at the hands of our current scholars.

NOVA explores Archimedes’ rare writings, as well as the book’s mysterious beginnings, tumultuous history and amazing discovery. As the ancient text comes back from the dead, it unlocks its revolutionary contents—the infinite secrets of one of history’s greatest thinkers.

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