Archimedes' Oldest Writings Under X-ray vision (BNL Women in Science Lecture Series)
Abstract
Large parts of Archimedes’ writings were recently deciphered at the Stanford Synchrotron Radiation Lightsource at SLAC. A special x-ray technique showed maps of iron in faint traces of partially erased ink. The x-ray images revealed Archimedes’ writings from some of his most important works that were hidden by twelfth-century biblical texts, mold and forged gold paintings.
- Authors:
- Publication Date:
- Research Org.:
- BNL (Brookhaven National Laboratory (BNL), Upton, NY (United States))
- Sponsoring Org.:
- USDOE Office of Science (SC)
- OSTI Identifier:
- 988019
- Report Number(s):
- BNL-83254-2009-CP
archimedes
- DOE Contract Number:
- AC02-98CH10886
- Resource Type:
- Multimedia
- Resource Relation:
- Conference: Brookhaven;s Women in Science Lecture Series, Brookhaven National Laboratory, Upton, New York, presented on May 20, 2009
- Country of Publication:
- United States
- Language:
- English
- Subject:
- 43 PARTICLE ACCELERATORS; ARCHIMEDES; X-RAY; STANFORD SYNCHROTRON RADIATION LIGHTSOURCE
Citation Formats
Bergmann, Uwe. Archimedes' Oldest Writings Under X-ray vision (BNL Women in Science Lecture Series). United States: N. p., 2009.
Web.
Bergmann, Uwe. Archimedes' Oldest Writings Under X-ray vision (BNL Women in Science Lecture Series). United States.
Bergmann, Uwe. Wed .
"Archimedes' Oldest Writings Under X-ray vision (BNL Women in Science Lecture Series)". United States. https://www.osti.gov/servlets/purl/988019.
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