The Ancient Greek Computer from Rhodes, Known as the Antikythera Mechanism
Author(s):
Kean, Victor J
| Binding: | Softcover |
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| Size: | 4 - 16mo - over 5¾ - 6¾" tall |
| Volume Condition: | Good |
| Dust Jacket: | No |
| Language: | English |
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| Publisher Name: | Efstathiadis Group |
| Publication Year: | 1991 |
| SKU: | 031795 |
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| Categories: | History - Ancient , Internet, Computing, Information and Communications Technology , Technology and History of Technology |
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96pp, with black and white illustrations. Laminated light card covers. 16mo. Gentle edge wear to card covers and text block edges else fresh, tidy and tight throughout.
The Antikythera mechanism is an Ancient Greek hand-powered model of the solar system, and the oldest example of an analogue computer which could be used to compute astronomical positions and eclipses decades in advance. Lost beneath the waves for hundreds of years, it was recovered in 1901 and is now on display in the Greek National Museum in Athens.
Keywords:
Computers
History of Technology
Antikythera Machine
Ancient Greece
Solar System
Astronomy
