Three cuttlefish and other marine and terrestrial animals. From an Arabic manuscript of Dioscurides' Book of Herbs. Credit: Leiden University Libraries. Scientists say that the two lost, but extremely ...

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Scientists say that the two lost, but extremely important books by Apollonius, the Greek mathematician known to the ancient world as “The Great Geometer”, have survived in an Arabic manuscript kept ...