Decoding the mechanisms of antikythera astronomical device. (2016)

• Record Type: Book
• Further Information: Note: Jian-Liang Lin, Hong-Sen Yan.
• Authors: Lin, Jian-Liang; Yan, Hong-Sen
• Contents: A Sketch of Ancient Western Astronomy -- Ancient Astronomical Instruments -- Amazing Discovery of Archaeology -- Modern Reconstruction Research -- Reconstruction Design Methodology -- Reconstruction Designs of the Calendrical Subsystem -- Reconstruction Designs of the Lunar Subsystem -- Reconstruction Designs of the Solar Subsystem -- Reconstruction Designs of the Planetary Subsystem -- Reconstruction Designs of the Moon Phase Display Device -- Assembly Work and Models.
• Publisher Details: Heidelberg : Springer
• Publication Date: 2016
• Copyright Date: 2016
• Extent: 1 online resource
• Subjects: 522/.5; Antikythera mechanism (Ancient calculator); Astronomical clocks -- Greece -- History; Calendar, Greek; Astronomy, Greek; NATURE -- Sky Observation; Antikythera mechanism (Ancient calculator); Antiquities; Astronomical clocks; Astronomy, Greek; Calendar, Greek; Physics; History and Philosophical Foundations of Physics; Machinery and Machine Elements; Science Education; History of Science; Antikythēra Island (Greece) -- Antiquities; Greece; Greece -- Antikythēra Island; Electronic books; History
• Languages: English
• ISBNs: 9783662484470; 3662484471
• Related ISBNs: 9783662484456; 3662484455; 9783662484456
• Notes: Note: Includes bibliographical references and index.; Note: Online resource; title from PDF title page (EBSCO, viewed October 14, 2015).
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