A portable cosmos : revealing the Antikythera Mechanism, scientific wonder of the ancient world /
Jones, Alexander,author.
"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"--
Includes bibliographical references (pages 253-280) and index.
The wreck and the discovery -- The investigations -- Looking at the mechanism -- Calendars and games -- Stars, sun, and moon -- Eclipses -- The wanderers -- Hidden workings -- The meaning of the mechanism.
"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"--
Antikythera mechanism (Ancient calculator)
Astronomy, Ancient
Calendar, Greek.
Science
Technology