Marchant Jo:
Decoding The Heavens
Solving The Mystery Of The World's First Computer
Arrow Books Ltd (United Kingdom), 2009
Paperback, 336 pages
Size: 198x129 mm
ISBN: 9780099519768
ISBN-10: 0099519763
List price: £8.99
You save: 30%
Decoding The Heavens
Tells the story of the 100-year quest to understand an ancient computer, the scientific artefact we have from antiquity. This title reveals a diverse cast of characters - ranging from Archimedes to Jacques Cousteau - and explores the roots of modern technology in Ancient Greece, the Islamic world and medieval Europe.

