Archimedes' Oldest Writings Under X-ray vision (BNL Women in Science Lecture Series)

Multimedia · Wed May 20 00:00:00 EDT 2009

OSTI ID:988019

Bergmann, Uwe

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.

• Research Organization: Brookhaven National Lab. (BNL), Upton, NY (United States)
• Sponsoring Organization: USDOE Office of Science (SC)
• DOE Contract Number: AC02-98CH10886
• OSTI ID: 988019
• Report Number(s): BNL-83254-2009-CP; archimedes
• 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

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43 PARTICLE ACCELERATORS
ARCHIMEDES
X-RAY
STANFORD SYNCHROTRON RADIATION LIGHTSOURCE