Decoding the Heavens

A 2,000-Year-Old Computer--and the Century-long Search to Discover Its Secrets

Jo Marchant (Autor)

Buch | Softcover

344 Seiten

2010
Da Capo Press Inc (Verlag)
978-0-306-81861-5 (ISBN)

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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.

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.

Erscheint lt. Verlag	2.3.2010
Sprache	englisch
Maße	142 x 214 mm
Gewicht	402 g
Themenwelt	Geschichte ► Allgemeine Geschichte ► Vor- und Frühgeschichte
	Geschichte ► Hilfswissenschaften ► Chronologie
	Geschichte ► Teilgebiete der Geschichte ► Technikgeschichte
ISBN-10	0-306-81861-2 / 0306818612
ISBN-13	978-0-306-81861-5 / 9780306818615
Zustand	Neuware