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Decoding the Heavens: A 2,000-Year-Old Computer -- And the Century-Long Search to Discover Its Secrets, (Paperback)
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Decoding the Heavens: A 2,000-Year-Old Computer -- And the Century-Long Search to Discover Its Secrets, (Paperback)
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from jmccarro
Amidst the fabulous sculptures, pottery and other ancient relics in the National Archaeological Museum of Athens, there rests a strange looking collection of mostly corroded bronze fragments known as the Antikythera device. Named for the tiny island near which it was found by Greek sponge divers ...
from fernig
Decoding the Heavens is an exciting detective tale: a cold case that is re-opened on several occasions, each time revealing increasing details of the Antikythera mechanism. The mechanism itself is an analogue computer for predicting astronomical events (eclipses, planetary movements and phases of...
from JBD1
A very well-written exploration of the Antikythera Mechanism, covering its discovery and subsequent research into its origins as well as other early mechanical devices of this type, Greek astronomical thought, and more. Marchant's book will be of great interest to anyone interested in scientific ...
from fernig
Decoding the Heavens is an exciting detective tale: a cold case that is re-opened on several occasions, each time revealing increasing details of the Antikythera mechanism. The mechanism itself is an analogue computer for predicting astronomical events (eclipses, planetary movements and phases of...
from jmccarro
Amidst the fabulous sculptures, pottery and other ancient relics in the National Archaeological Museum of Athens, there rests a strange looking collection of mostly corroded bronze fragments known as the Antikythera device. Named for the tiny island near which it was found by Greek sponge divers ...
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