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Infinite secrets [videorecording] : the genius of Archimedes / a BBC/WGBH Boston co-production ; directed and produced by Liz Tucker.

Contributor(s): Material type: FilmFilmPublisher number: WG37039 | WGBHPublication details: Boston : WGBH, 2003.Description: 1 videodisc (60 min.) : sd., col. ; 4 3/4 inISBN:
  • 1593751060
Uniform titles:
  • Nova (Television program)
Subject(s): Genre/Form:
Contents:
Introduction -- The Genius of Archimedes -- The Golden age of math -- The Method and the Palimpsest -- A Missing manuscript -- A Rescue mission -- Infinity and beyond.
Summary: In 1991 an extraordinary item was put up for auction. To the untrained eye, it was nothing more than a small Byzantine prayer book, yet it sold for over $2 million.
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Item type Current library Call number Copy number Status Date due Barcode
Visual Materials Visual Materials Nash Library Lobby DVD boxes DVD 37 1 Available 33710000993514

DVD, region 1; full screen presentation; Dolby Digital.

Closed-captioned.

Not rated.

Originally broadcast as a segment of Nova.

In 1991 an extraordinary item was put up for auction. To the untrained eye, it was nothing more than a small Byzantine prayer book, yet it sold for over $2 million.

Introduction -- The Genius of Archimedes -- The Golden age of math -- The Method and the Palimpsest -- A Missing manuscript -- A Rescue mission -- Infinity and beyond.