Decoding the Heavens : A 2,000-Year-Old Computer -- And the Century-Long Search to Discover Its Secrets

Jo Marchant

ISBN 10: 0306818612 / ISBN 13: 9780306818615

Verlag: Grand Central Publishing Mär 2010, 2010

Beschreibung

Neuware - Marchant details the 100-year quest to decode an ancient Greek computer device. This is the surprising story behind the 2,000-year-old mechanism that challenges modern assumptions about what ancient scientists knew, and the technological equipment they used to understand their world.

Bestandsnummer des Verkäufers 9780306818615

Bibliografische Details

• Titel: Decoding the Heavens : A 2,000-Year-Old Computer -- And the Century-Long Search to Discover Its Secrets
• Verlag: Grand Central Publishing Mär 2010
• Erscheinungsjahr: 2010
• Sprache: Englisch
• ISBN-10: 0306818612
• ISBN-13: 9780306818615
• Einband: Taschenbuch
• Zustand: Neu

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Inhaltsangabe

In Decoding the Heavens , Jo Marchant tells for the first time the full story of the hundred-year quest to decipher the ancient Greek computer known as the Antikythera Mechanism. Along the way she unearths a diverse cast of remarkable characters and explores the deep roots of modern technology in ancient Greece and the medieval European and Islamic worlds. At its heart, this is an epic adventure and mystery, a book that challenges our assumptions about technology through the ages.

Über die Autorin bzw. den Autor

Jo Marchant is a science journalist who has worked as a staff reporter and editor for Nature and New Scientist, where she is currently a consultant. She lives in London.