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A Portable Cosmos
- Revealing the Antikythera Mechanism, Scientific Wonder of the Ancient World
- Binding:
- Hardback
- Pages:
- 312
- Published:
- March 22, 2017
- Dimensions:
- 243x176x26 mm.
- Weight:
- 634 g.
Delivery:
2-4 weeks
Expected delivery: October 11, 2025
About Alexander (Professor of the History of the Exact Sciences in Antiquity Jones
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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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