Decoding the Heavens: A 2,000-Year-Old Computer -- And the Century-Long Search to Discover Its Secrets by Marchant, Jo

Decoding the Heavens: A 2,000-Year-Old Computer -- And the Century-Long Search to Discover Its Secrets (Paperback) (ISBN-13: 9780306818615)

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Decoding the Heavens: A 2,000-Year-Old Computer -- And the Century-Long Search to Discover Its Secrets by Marchant, Jo

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

$21.99
Decoding the Heavens: A 2,000-Year-Old Computer -- And the Century-Long Search to Discover Its Secrets by Marchant, Jo

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

$21.99
Format: Paperback
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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.

Author: Jo Marchant
ISBN-10: 0306818612
ISBN-13: 9780306818615
Publisher: Da Capo Press
Language: English
Published: 03/02/2010
Pages: 344
Format: Paperback
Weight: 0.75lbs
Size: 8.25h x 5.50w x 1.00d

Review Citation(s):
Books & Culture 05/01/2012 pg. 32
By Jo Marchant
By Jo Marchant
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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.

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