A portable cosmos : [electronic resource] : revealing the Antikythera Mechanism, scientific wonder o...
A portable cosmos : [electronic resource] : revealing the Antikythera Mechanism, scientific wonder of the ancient world / Alexander Jones.
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New York, NY, United States of America : Oxford University Press, [2017]
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1 online resource (xiv, 288 pages) : illustrations.
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computer
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Chapter 1. The Wreck and the Discovery -- Chapter 2. The Investigations -- Chapter 3. Looking at the Mechanism -- Chapter 4. Calendars and Games -- Chapter 5. Stars, Sun, and Moon -- Chapter 6. Eclipses -- Chapter 7. The Wanderers -- Chapter 8. Hidden Workings -- Chapter 9. Afterword: The Meaning of...
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New York, NY, United States of America : Oxford University Press, [2017]
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[2017]
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A portable cosmos : [electronic resource] : revealing the Antikythera Mechanism, scientific wonder of the ancient world / Alexander Jones.
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Includes bibliographical references (pages 269-280) and index.
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9780190618582
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991024104309102626