Infinite secrets [videorecording] : the genius of Archimedes / a BBC/WGBH Boston co-production ; directed and produced by Liz Tucker.
Material type: FilmPublisher number: WG37039 | WGBHPublication details: Boston : WGBH, 2003.Description: 1 videodisc (60 min.) : sd., col. ; 4 3/4 inISBN:- 1593751060
- Nova (Television program)
Item type | Current library | Call number | Copy number | Status | Date due | Barcode | |
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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.