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020			_a9780190618582 _q((electronic)l(electronic)ctronic)
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050	0	4	_aQB107 _b.P678 2017
049			_aMAIN
100	1		_aJones, Alexander, _e1
245	1	0	_aA portable cosmos : _brevealing the Antikythera Mechanism, scientific wonder of the ancient world / _cAlexander Jones.
260			_aNew York, NY, United States of America : _bOxford University Press, _c(c)2017.
300			_a1 online resource (xiv, 288 pages ): _billustrations.
336			_atext _btxt _2rdacontent
337			_acomputer _bc _2rdamedia
338			_aonline resource _bcr _2rdacarrier
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520	2		_a"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 Greco-Roman society and thought"-- _cProvided by publisher.
520	2		_a"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. This was the case in 1901 when sponge divers retrieved a lump of corroded bronze from a shipwreck at the bottom of the Mediterranean Sea near the Greek island of Antikythera. Little did the divers know they had found the oldest known analog computer in the world, an astonishing device that once simulated the motions of the stars and planets as they were understood by ancient Greek astronomers. Its remains now consist of 82 fragments, many of them containing gears and plates engraved with Greek words, that scientists and scholars have pieced back together through painstaking inspection and deduction, aided by radiographic tools and surface imaging. More than a century after its discovery, many of the secrets locked in this mysterious device can now be revealed. In addition to chronicling the unlikely discovery of the Antikythera Mechanism, author Alexander Jones takes readers through a discussion of how the device worked, how and for what purpose it was created, and why it was on a ship that wrecked off the Greek coast around 60 BC. What the Mechanism has uncovered about Greco-Roman astronomy and scientific technology, and their place in Greek society, is truly amazing. The mechanical know-how that it embodied was more advanced than anything the Greeks were previously thought capable of, but the most recent research has revealed that its displays were designed so that an educated layman could understand the behavior of astronomical phenomena, and how intertwined they were with one's natural and social environment. It was at once a masterpiece of machinery as well as one of the first portable teaching devices. Written by a world-renowned expert on the Mechanism, A Portable Cosmos will fascinate all readers interested in ancient history, archaeology, and the history of science"-- _cProvided by publisher.
505	0	0	_aChapter 1. The Wreck and the Discovery -- _tChapter 2. The Investigations -- _tChapter 3. Looking at the Mechanism -- _tChapter 4. Calendars and Games -- _tChapter 5. Stars, Sun, and Moon -- _tChapter 6. Eclipses -- _tChapter 7. The Wanderers -- _tChapter 8. Hidden Workings -- _tChapter 9. Afterword: The Meaning of the Mechanism.
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650		0	_aAntikythera mechanism (Ancient calculator)
650		0	_aAstronomy, Ancient _zGreece.
650		0	_aCalendar, Greek.
650		0	_aScience _zGreece _xHistory _yTo 1500.
650		0	_aTechnology _zGreece _xHistory _yTo 1500.
650		4	_aTechnology _zGreece _xHistory.
650		4	_aAstronomy _zGreece.
650		4	_aScience _zGreece _xHistory.
655		1	_aElectronic Books.
856	4	0	_uhttps://search.ebscohost.com/login.aspx?direct=true&scope=site&db=nlebk&db=nlabk&AN=1444189&site=eds-live&custid=s3260518 _zClick to access digital title | log in using your CIU ID number and my.ciu.edu password
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902			_a1 _bCynthia Snell _c1 _dCynthia Snell