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Alexander Jones A Portable Cosmos (Paperback)

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Subject: Archaeology, Europe / Greece (See Also Ancient / Greece), History & Surveys / Ancient & Classical, General, Time, Astronomy Genre: Science Nature & Math Language: English Item Width: 6.1 in Release Date: 08/08/2019 Publisher: Oxford University Press, Incorporated Country of Origin: US Publication Name: Portable Cosmos : Revealing the Antikythera Mechanism, Scientific Wonder of the Ancient World ISBN-10: 0190931493 Type: Textbook Format: Trade Paperback Item Height: 0.7 in Item Weight: 15.5 Oz Release Year: 2019 EAN: 9780190931490 Subject Area: Philosophy, Technology & Engineering, Social Science, Science, History Subtitle: Revealing the Antikythera Mechanism, Scientific Wonder of the Anc Author: Alexander Jones gtin13: 9780190931490 ISBN: 9780190931490 Publication Year: 2019 Book Title: A Portable Cosmos Item Length: 9 in Number of Pages: 312 Pages

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Further Details Title: A Portable Cosmos Condition: New Subtitle: Revealing the Antikythera Mechanism, Scientific Wonder of the Ancient World Author: Alexander Jones Format: Paperback ISBN-10: 0190931493 EAN: 9780190931490 ISBN: 9780190931490 Publisher: Oxford University Press Inc Genre: Science Nature & Math Topic: Ancient History, Technology & Engineering, History Release Date: 08/08/2019 Description: From the Dead Sea Scrolls to the Terracotta Army, ancient artifacts have long fascinated the modern world. However, the importance of some discoveries is not always immediately understood. This was the case in 1901 when sponge divers retrieved a lump of corroded bronze from a shipwreck at the bottom of the Mediterranean Sea near the Greek island of Antikythera. Little did the divers know they had found the oldest known analog computer in the world, an astonishing device that once simulated the motions of the stars and planets as they were understood by ancient Greek astronomers. Its remains now consist of 82 fragments, many of them containing gears and plates engraved with Greek words, that scientists and scholars have pieced back together through painstaking inspection and deduction, aided by radiographic tools and surface imaging. More than a century after its discovery, many of the secrets locked in this mysterious device can now be revealed. In addition to chronicling the unlikely discovery of the Antikythera Mechanism, author Alexander Jones takes readers through a discussion of how the device worked, how and for what purpose it was created, and why it was on a ship that wrecked off the Greek coast around 60 BC. What the Mechanism has uncovered about Greco-Roman astronomy and scientific technology, and their place in Greek society, is truly amazing. The mechanical know-how that it embodied was more advanced than anything the Greeks were previously thought capable of, but the most recent research has revealed that its displays were designed so that an educated layman could understand the behavior of astronomical phenomena, and how intertwined they were with one's natural and social environment. It was at once a masterpiece of machinery as well as one of the first portable teaching devices. Written by a world-renowned expert on the Mechanism, A Portable Cosmos will fascinate all readers interested in ancient history, archaeology, and the history of science. Language: English Country/Region of Manufacture: US Item Height: 228mm Item Length: 154mm Item Width: 16mm Item Weight: 431g Release Year: 2019 Missing Information? Please contact us if any details are missing and where possible we will add the information to our listing.

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