Decoding the heavens : a 2,000-year-old-computer--and the century-long search to discover its secrets / Jo Marchant.
Imprint
Cambridge, MA : Da Capo Press, 2010.
Copies
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Status
CCQ - Lusail Male Library
QB107
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Edition
1st Da Capo Press pbk. ed.
Description
328 p., [8] p. of plates : ill., map ; 21 cm.
Bibliography
Includes bibliographical references and index.
Summary
The surprising story behind the 2,000-year-old Antikythera mechanism that challenges our assumptions about what ancient scientists knew and the technological equipment they used to understand their world.