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A Portable Cosmos: Revealing the Antikythera Mechanism, Scientific Wonder of the Ancient World
Jones, Alexander (Professor of the History of the Exact Sciences in Antiquity, Institute for the Study of the Ancient World, Professor of the History of the Exact Sciences in Antiquity, Institute for the Study of the Ancient World, New York University)
A Portable Cosmos: Revealing the Antikythera Mechanism, Scientific Wonder of the Ancient World
Jones, Alexander (Professor of the History of the Exact Sciences in Antiquity, Institute for the Study of the Ancient World, Professor of the History of the Exact Sciences in Antiquity, Institute for the Study of the Ancient World, New York University)
The Antikythera Mechanism, now 82 small fragments of corroded bronze, was an ancient Greek machine simulating the cosmos as the Greeks understood it. Reflecting the most recent researches, A Portable Cosmos presents it as a gateway to Greek astronomy and technology and their place in Greco-Roman society and thought.
312 pages, 41 b/w halftones; 41 b/w line drawings
Media | Books Hardcover Book (Book with hard spine and cover) |
Released | February 1, 2017 |
ISBN13 | 9780199739349 |
Publishers | Oxford University Press Inc |
Pages | 312 |
Dimensions | 243 × 176 × 26 mm · 621 g |
Language | English |
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