Contemplating Infinity
Philosophically, the concept remains a mind-bender, as this essay reveals.

Working with Infinity 
Mathematicians have become increasingly comfortable with infinity since Archimedes' day.

Great Surviving Manuscripts
Ancient documents unearthed around the world offer a tantalizing glimpse of lost cultures.

The Archimedes Palimpsest
Follow the 1,000-year-long journey of the Archimedes manuscript, and watch as modern technology makes the erased text reappear.

Approximating Pi
Archimedes used a fairly simple geometrical approach to estimate pi. See how he did it here.

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NOVA News Minute
Watch a news clip related to NOVA's "Infinite Secrets" program.

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