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The Antikythera Mechanism, now 82 small fragments of corroded bronze, was an ancient Greek machine simulating the cosmos as the Greeks understood it. Reflecting the most recent researches, A Portable Cosmos presents it as a gateway to Greek astronomy and technology and their place in Greco-Roman society and thought.
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A Portable Cosmos, Alexander Jones
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- Released
- 2017
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- Title
- A Portable Cosmos
- Subtitle
- Revealing the Antikythera Mechanism, Scientific Wonder of the Ancient World
- Language
- English
- Authors
- Alexander Jones
- Publisher
- Oxford University Press Inc.
- Released
- 2017
- Format
- Hardcover
- Pages
- 288
- ISBN10
- 019973934X
- ISBN13
- 9780199739349
- Series
- Tags
- Non-Fiction, Social Sciences, Historical Themes, Science, Technology, Space, Ancient History, Archaeology, Greece, Western Europe, History of Science, Ancient Greece, History of Natural Sciences
- Description
- The Antikythera Mechanism, now 82 small fragments of corroded bronze, was an ancient Greek machine simulating the cosmos as the Greeks understood it. Reflecting the most recent researches, A Portable Cosmos presents it as a gateway to Greek astronomy and technology and their place in Greco-Roman society and thought.