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A Portable Cosmos Revealing the Antikythera Mechanism ~ For the author Alexander Jones tells of the first encrusted fragment of the Antikythera Mechanism about to be tossed overboard from the ship retrieving the artifacts A Greek Naval Officer saw a glint of metal and saved it
A Portable Cosmos Revealing the Antikythera Mechanism ~ Very nice overview of the Antikythera Mechanisms discovery and the various individuals that have studied it over time Highly recommended A great addition to the works about this object I received A Portable Cosmos as a gift from an expert in the Classics a study of Greek and Roman language writings
A Portable Cosmos Hardcover Alexander Jones Oxford ~ A Portable Cosmos is a fine account of everything that pertains to the Antikythera mechanismthe story of its discovery and decipherment the scholarly debates about its date and provenance and the meanings it would have held for an ancient viewer
A Portable Cosmos Revealing the Antikythera Mechanism ~ It was a machine simulating the cosmos as the Greeks understood it with a half dozen dials displaying coordinated cycles of time and the movements of the Sun Moon and planets A Portable Cosmos presents the Antikythera Mechanism as a gateway to understanding Greek astronomy and scientific technology and their place in GrecoRoman society and thought
A Portable Cosmos Revealing the Antikythera Mechanism a ~ Portable Cosmos Revealing the Antikythera Mechanism a Scientific Wonder of the Ancient World Hardcover by Jones Alexander ISBN 019973934X ISBN13 9780199739349 Brand New Free shipping in the US The Antikythera Mechanism now 82 small fragments of corroded bronze was an ancient Greek machine simulating the cosmos as the Greeks understood it
Customer reviews A Portable Cosmos Revealing ~ I received A Portable Cosmos as a gift from an expert in the Classics a study of Greek and Roman language writings customs and civilizations As one reads through this book it is seen there is plenty to interest those of the disciplines of the Classics Archeology Astronomy Chemistry Engineering and Physics
A portable cosmos revealing the Antikythera Mechanism ~ 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 GrecoRoman society and thoughtProvided by publisher
A Portable Cosmos Revealing the Antikythera Mechanism ~ A Portable Cosmos Revealing the Antikythera Mechanism Scientific Wonder of the Ancient World From the Dead Sea Scrolls to the Terracotta Army ancient artifacts have long fascinated the modern world However the importance of some discoveries is not always immediately understood
Bryn Mawr Classical Review 20180516 ~ After reading A Portable Cosmos the Antikythera Mechanism seems a little less ‘different and strange’ a little less ‘impossible’ but no less of an ancient wonder In clear and lucid prose Alexander Jones has successfully integrated all the necessary literary archaeological and forensic evidence relevant to the Mechanism
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