PALO ALTO, Calif. (WBBM) -- X-ray vision is providing a helping hand in deciphering the last unreadable pages of the works of mathematician Archimedes.
Stanford University's Linear Accelerator Center is set to decipher the documents.
Letter by letter, ancient Greek that was hidden for centuries by neglect, damage and abuse is being revealed by a powerful X-ray light emitted by the synchrotron at SLAC, then transmitted to computer screens for analysis by an international team of scholars.
The discovery is giving researchers the most complete record since the Middle Ages of the works of the legendary mathematician, who famously exclaimed ``Eureka!'' upon discovering how to measure volume while sitting in his bathtub.
Eventually, the team plans to transcribe the text onto a DVD -- then distribute it globally, where its meaning will be a subject of keen debate.
For more information go to the web at: www.archimedespalimpsest.org.
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