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Decoding the Heavens - Solving the Mystery of the World's First Computer (Paperback)
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Decoding the Heavens - Solving the Mystery of the World's First Computer (Paperback)
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In 1900 a group of sponge divers blown off course in the
Mediterranean discovered an Ancient Greek shipwreck dating from
around 70 BC. Lying unnoticed for months amongst their hard-won
haul was what appeared to be a formless lump of corroded rock,
which turned out to be the most stunning scientific artefact we
have from antiquity. For more than a century this 'Antikythera
mechanism' puzzled academics, but now, more than 2000 years after
the device was lost at sea, scientists have pieced together its
intricate workings. In Decoding the Heavens, Jo Marchant tells for
the first time the story of the 100-year quest to understand this
ancient computer. Along the way she unearths a diverse cast of
remarkable characters - ranging from Archimedes to Jacques Cousteau
- and explores the deep roots of modern technology not only in
Ancient Greece, the Islamic world and medieval Europe.
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