Decoding the Heavens

Name: Decoding the Heavens
Brand: Cornerstone
SKU: 9780099519768
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Autor: Jo Marchant

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In 1900, a group of sponge divers blown off course in the Mediterranean discovered an Ancient Greek...

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Autor

Jo Marchant

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engleză

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Publicat

2009

Pagini

352

EAN

9780099519768

ISBN

0099519763

Enbook ID

04018997

Editura

Cornerstone

Greutate

250

Dimensiuni

130 x 197 x 14

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In 1900, a group of sponge divers blown off course in the Mediterranean discovered an Ancient Greek shipwreck dating from around 70 BC. Lying unnoticed for months amongst their hard-won haul was what appeared to be a formless lump of corroded rock, which turned out to be the most stunning scientific artefact we have from antiquity. For more than a century this 'Antikythera mechanism' puzzled academics, but now, more than 2000 years after the device was lost at sea, scientists have pieced together its intricate workings. In "Decoding the Heavens", Jo Marchant tells for the first time the story of the 100-year quest to understand this ancient computer. Along the way she unearths a diverse cast of remarkable characters - ranging from Archimedes to Jacques Cousteau - and explores the deep roots of modern technology not only in Ancient Greece, the Islamic world and medieval Europe.

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