Restoring The Archimedes Palimpsest by Will Noel, Ep25

The Archimedes Palimpsest is a 10th century manuscript of the mathematician's work. Unfortunately it was turned into a prayer book in the 13th century. Will Noel explains how he helped rescue the text in this weeks Ignite talk. This work is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution-Share Alike 3.0 United States License.

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[Manisha Reynolds]

This was the most awesome project ever. I worked on it during a summer internship at SLAC and got to participate in scanning the last pages of the palimpsest. So much fun!

[quill18]

This is incredibly, supremely awesome.

[Thomas Hasler]

Yes, this was a great exhibit, but the Walters had limited imagination about showing it electronically so that it wouldn't be confined to four walls. They should adapt trade show technology to create a compelling online exhibit!.

[Haggen Kennedy]

Damn, it's amazing how Noel managed to amass that much information in only 5 minutes. I read the book by Noel and Netz back in 2009 and it had a tremendous impact on me. I can't describe how happy I am that there are people out there who can actually think "let's make this available to all of mankind... for free." What a spectacular frame of mind. Bless be the owner of the palimpsest, who made it available for research and the public view, and everyone else involved in this restoration project.

[IronicallyVague]

Rare action shot...lol

[kaostwenty2]

It has to say it all in 5 minutes.. that is why he speaks fast and that is why people sometimes laugh. I agree it is istructive but it is a show.

[Ronald Pritipaul]

0:44 to skip introduction

[MsTexasOne]

This is so way cool! LOL 

[unapologeticmind]

What an shitty audience, sounds like they're sitting in a pub and drinking beer, not listening to a remarkable story about a centuries-old manuscript...

[freq32]

'science'.

my mind is fully blown. thank you!

[Manisha Reynolds]

Haha, thanks! I try and tell myself that every time I remember. ;)

[scarletletterman84]

ooooo you lucky, magnificent bastard!!!