Decoding the Heavens - How the Antikythera Mechanism Changed The World

Informationen zum Autor Jo Marchant is a freelance journalist specialising in science and history. Until recenlty she was a consultant at New Scientist magazine. She has a PhD in medical microbiology and has been a science journalist for nine years. She spent three years of that as an editor at the Journal Nature , and her articles have also appeared in the Guardian and The Economist . She lives in Brixton, London . Klappentext In 1900 a group of sponge divers blown off course in the Mediterranean discovered an Ancient Greek shipwreck dating from around 70 BC. Zusammenfassung In 1900 a group of sponge divers blown off course in the Mediterranean discovered an Ancient Greek shipwreck dating from around 70 BC.

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Though it is more than 2,000 years old, the Antikythera Mechanism represents a level that our technology did not match until the 18th century, and must therefore rank as one of the greatest basic mechanical inventions of all time. I hope [this] book will rekindle interest in this artefact, which still remains under-rated Arthur C. Clarke

Dettagli sul prodotto

• Autori: Jo Marchant, Josephine Marchant, Marchant Jo
• Editore: Windmill Books
• Lingue: Inglese
• Formato: Tascabile
• Pubblicazione: 06.08.2009
• EAN: 9780099519768
• ISBN: 978-0-09-951976-8
• Pagine: 352
• Dimensioni: 130 mm x 197 mm x 21 mm
• Categorie: Scienze naturali, medicina, informatica, tecnica > Scienze naturali, tematiche generali; Scienze umane, arte, musica > Storia; History, HISTORY / General, SCIENCE / Time, Time (chronology), time systems and standards