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Decoding the Heavens: A 2,000-Year-Old Computer--and the Century-long Search to Discover Its Secrets Reprint edition
Jo Marchant
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Decoding the Heavens: A 2,000-Year-Old Computer--and the Century-long Search to Discover Its Secrets Reprint edition
Jo Marchant
Marchant details the 100-year quest to decode an ancient Greek computer device. This is the surprising story behind the 2,000-year-old mechanism that challenges modern assumptions about what ancient scientists knew, and the technological equipment they used to understand their world.
344 pages
| Media | Books Paperback Book (Book with soft cover and glued back) |
| Released | March 2, 2010 |
| ISBN13 | 9780306818615 |
| Publishers | Hachette Books |
| Pages | 344 |
| Dimensions | 217 × 142 × 21 mm · 340 g |
| Language | English |
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