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

Marchant, Jo

ISBN 10: 0306818612 / ISBN 13: 9780306818615

Verlag: Da Capo Press, 2010

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Bibliografische Details

• Titel: Decoding the Heavens: A 2,000-Year-Old Computer -- and the Century-Long Search to Discover Its Secrets
• Verlag: Da Capo Press
• Erscheinungsjahr: 2010
• Sprache: Englisch
• ISBN-10: 0306818612
• ISBN-13: 9780306818615
• Einband: Softcover
• Zustand: Good

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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.