Decoding the Heavens

Author: Jo Marchant
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Binding: Hardcover
ISBN: 030681742X

Decoding the Heavens: A 2,000-Year-Old Computer--and the Century-Long Search to Discover Its Secrets

The bronze fragments of an ancient Greek device have puzzled scholars for more than a century after they were recovered from the bottom of the Mediterranean Sea, where they had lain since about 80 BC. Download Decoding the Heavens: A 2,000-Year-Old Computer--and the Century-Long Search to Discover Its Secrets from rapidshare, mediafire, 4shared. Now, using advanced imaging technology, scientists have solved the mystery of its intricate workings. Unmatched in complexity for a thousand years, the mechanism functioned as the world's first analog computer, calculating the movements of the sun, moon, and planets through the zodiac. In Decoding the Heavens, Jo Marchant details for the first time the hundred-year quest to decode this ancient computer. Along the way she unearths a diverse cast of remarkable charactersAranging from Archimedes to Jacques CousteauAand explores the dee Search and find a lot of computer books in many category availabe for free download.

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