Decoding the Heavens

Informationen zum 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. Klappentext 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. Zusammenfassung 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.

About the author

Jo Marchant is an award-winning journalist who specializes in writing about cutting-edge science. She has worked as a staff reporter and editor for Nature and New Scientist, where she is currently a consultant. She lives in London.

Summary

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.

Product details

• Authors: Jo Marchant, Marchant Jo
• Publisher: Perseus Books USA
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 09.02.2010
• EAN: 9780306818615
• ISBN: 978-0-306-81861-5
• Subjects: Humanities, art, music > History > Antiquity; Non-fiction book > Non-fiction book > Non-fiction work; SCIENCE / History, Science, Ancient Greece, SCIENCE / Time, HISTORY / Ancient / Greece, TECHNOLOGY & ENGINEERING / History, History of Science, History of engineering and technology, Ancient History, History of engineering & technology, Ancient history: to c 500 CE, SOCIAL SCIENCE / Technology Studies, Time (chronology), time systems & standards, Time (chronology), time systems and standards