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The
heavens
and
their
story
/ by Annie S. D. Maunder
and
E. Walter Maunder.
Maunder, Annie S D
[19__]. • BOOK • 1 copy available.
The
heavens
and
their
story
, by Annie S.D. Maunder ...
and
E.
Maunder, Annie S. D.-(Annie Scot Dill),
[1908?]. • BOOK • 1 copy available.
txt
Decoding
the
heavens
: solving
the
mystery of
the
world's first computer /Jo Marchant.
"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."--Provided by the publisher.
2009. • BOOK • 1 copy available.
681.111(38)
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