The skin records Archimedes' ideas of being shaved to copy the Bible then covered with golden emulsion Archimedes is considered the first Greek mathematician and engineer. His works are important for our understanding of math and science today.
However, many of the leaflets that recorded his ideas suffered the fate of being stabbed by the medieval clergy to take the place of writing prayers.
Later, in the 20th century, people covered with golden emulsion paintings on the scriptures (photos). Consequently, Archimedes' work records almost disappeared.
Today, with X-ray technology, the ideas of Archimedes will be discovered.
And according to scientists, this brings a great feeling, like receiving a 3rd-century fax.
This event is streamed directly to the Internet at 23:00 GMT on August 4 (6 am 5-8 hours in Vietnam), at http://www.exploratorium.edu/archimedes/index.html.