Books by Jo Marchant
Die Entschlüsselung des Himmels. Der Erste Computer, ein 2000 Jahre altes Rätsel wird gelöst (2009)
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English
review 1: The Antikythera mechanism was retrieved from an ancient Greek trading vessel off the tiny Greek island of Antikhera (hence the name, obviously). Centuries ahead of its time, the mechanism was in fragments by the time it was salvaged in 1901. The book charts its collection, restor...