Riddle of the Compass The Invention That Changed the World

Name: Riddle of the Compass The Invention That Changed the World
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ISBN: 9780151005062

ISBN-10: 0151005060

ISBN-13: 9780151005062

Edition: 2001

Authors: Amir D. Aczel

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Sometimes it pays to be in the right place at the right time. Certainly the mariners in Amalfi in the twelfth century were. Here the compass was first invented and used in navigation, eventually helping to make Italians the world's greatest sailors. But the story of the compass is shrouded in mystery and myth. It begins in ancient China around the birth of Christ. A mysterious lodestone whose powers affected metal was known to the Emperor. This piece of metal suspended in water always pointed north and was put to excellent use in feng shui, the Chinese art of finding the right location. However, it was the Italians who unleashed the compass's formidable powers on ships at sea. Throughout…

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List price: $23.00
Copyright year: 2001
Publisher: Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company
Publication date: 8/16/2001
Binding: Hardcover
Pages: 200
Size: 5.75" wide x 8.50" long x 0.85" tall
Weight: 0.792
Language: English

Amir D. Aczel, Ph.D., his work has been translated into Turkish, Hebrew, French, German, italian, Chinese and Spanish. An internationally known mathematician, he lives in the Boston area.



Preface



Odyssey



Signs in the Sea and Sky



Dante



The Etruscan Chandelier



Amalfi



The Ghost of Flavio Gioia



Iron Fish, Lodestone Turtle



Venice



Marco Polo



Charting the Mediterranean



A Nautical Revolution



Conclusion


A Note on the Sources


References


Acknowledgments


Index