Decoding the heavens : solving the mystery of the world's first computer
Marchant, Josephine2008
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The story of the discovery and subsequent quest to decode the ancient Greek Antikythera mechanism, the world's first computer. Dating from around 70 BC, this artefact was able to predict eclipses and track the paths of the sun and moon through the zodiac, and may even have shown the movements of the five known planets.
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Imprint:
London : William Heinemann, 2008.
Collation:
328 p., [8] p. of plates : ill. (chiefly col.), map, ports. (chiefly col.) ; 21 cm.
Notes:
Map on lining papers.Includes bibliographical references (p. 307-318) and index.
ISBN:
9780434018352 (hbk)043401835X (hbk)
Dewey class:
681.1'11'0938
Local class:
681.111
Language:
English
BRN:
416631
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