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

Name: Decoding the Heavens A 2,000-Year-Old Computer -- and the Century-Long Search to Discover Its Secrets
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ISBN: 9780306818615

ISBN-10: 0306818612

ISBN-13: 9780306818615

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Authors: Jo Marchant

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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.

Book details

List price: $21.99
Publisher: Hachette Books
Publication date: 3/2/2010
Binding: Paperback
Pages: 344
Size: 5.50" wide x 8.50" long x 0.75" tall
Weight: 0.748
Language: English



Prologue



I See Dead People



An Impossible Find



Treasures of War



Rewriting History



A Heroic Reconstruction



The Moon in a Box



Mechanic's Workshop



The New Boys



A Stunning Idea



Old Man of Syracuse


Epilogue


Acknowledgements


Picture Credits


Sources and Further Reading


Index