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A portable cosmos : revealing the Antikythera Mechanism, scientific wonder of the ancient world / Alexander Jones

by Alexander Jones

An analysis of the Antikythera Mechanism, an ancient Greek analogue computer used to track astronomical movements. The text details its 1901 discovery, mechanical operation, and significance as a portable teaching device in Greco-Roman society.

Accession 14691 ISBN 9780199739349 Publisher Oxford University Press
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