Decoding the Heavens: A 2,000-Year-Old Computer and the Century-Long Search to Discover Its Secrets by Jo Marchant

Decoding the Heavens: A 2,000-Year-Old Computer and the Century-Long Search to Discover Its Secrets

Jo Marchant

328 pages first pub 2009 (editions)

nonfiction history science technology adventurous informative slow-paced
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The bronze fragments of an ancient Greek device have puzzled scholars for more than a century after they were recovered from the bottom of the Mediterranean Sea, where they had lain since about 80 BC. Now, using advanced imaging technology, scient...

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