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CVI • N. 24 • THURSDAY, JUNE 12, 2014 • GIOVEDÌ 12 GIUGNO 2014 FACEBOOK.COM/ITALOAMERICANONEWSPAPER Continua a pagina 13 italoamericano.com $ 1.20 DATED MATERIAL - DO NOT DELAY Continued on page 2 The Huntington Library reveals Archimedes' last secrets Fundamentals: 2014 Biennale di Venezia The Archimedes Palimpsest being disbound. Copyright the owner of the Archimedes Palimpsest, licensed for use under Creative Commons Attribution 3.0 Unported Access Rights. John Dean Photographer sIlVIA sIMoNettI GIulIA louIse steIGeRwAlt From third century B.C. Syracuse, Sicily, the long and winding journey of the oldest surviving copy of Archimedes' treatises ended up in twenty-first 7(!4 .!452% $%342/9%$ )4 !,3/ 02%3%26%$ 7(!4 .!452% $%342/9%$ )4 !,3/ 02%3%26%$ ./7 /0%. Every two years, on even years, the Venice Biennale of Architecture takes place in Venice in two beautiful loca- tions, the "Giardini" and the "Corderie dell'Arsenale". The same organization produces the well-known Venice Film Festival and the Venice Biennale, a contemporary art exhibition that happens on odd years. Continued on page 3 century California. There are only a few days left to visit the exhibition "Lost and Found: The Secrets of Archimedes", on view at The Huntington Library Art Collections and Botanical Gardens, Mary Lou and George Boone Gallery, until June 22, 2014. The exhibition showcases twenty leaves from the so-called "Archimedes Palimpsest", on loan from the Walters Art Museum in Baltimore, along with other manuscripts and relat- ed objects from the Huntington's La storia siamo noi. Noi che la studiamo a scuola, la leggiamo nella cronaca dei giornali, la scri- viamo giorno per giorno, la vi- viamo senza accorgercene, la ri- cordiamo con anniversari che spesso ricordano accadimenti in- fausti che tuttavia hanno lasciato il segno, voltato pagina. Ricordare il passato per capire il presente sembra un'ovvietà ma, Ripensare al passato per capire noi e il presente BARBARA MINAFRA

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