Antikythera mechanism ; the book : unwinding the history of science and technology / Constantin Stikas.
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TextPublisher: Greece : Constantin Stikas, [2014]Copyright date: ©2014Edition: [First edition]Description: 214 pages : illustrations ; 31 cmContent type: - text
- still image
- unmediated
- volume
- 9789609363877
- 9609363873
- 9789609363860
- 9609363865
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The boxed luxury edition of a comprehensive book on the discovery, functioning and interpretation of the ANTIKITHERA mechanism, an ultracomplex, geared (presumably handcranked) mechanism discovered accidentally in 1901 by sponge divers of the island of Antikithera (Greece) and made circa 200-100 years BCE. A timecalculating , but not a timekeeping device.- Additional authors: Edmunds, Mike, Wright M. T., Jones Alexander R., Bitsakis Yanis, Kaltsas Nikolaos, Tselikas Agamemnon, Kladaki-Vratsanou Eleni, Tsavliris Lefteris, Kakavas George, Theofanidis Ioannis, Seiradakis John Hugh, Moussas Xenophon, Tassios Theodossios, Foley Brendan, Hadland Roger, Malzbender T., Nicolaidis Efthymios, Ramunni Girolamo, Fl©♭chon Dominique, Poniz Philippe, Bacs Aurel, Biver Jean-Claude, Buttet Mathias, Forsey Stephen, Robuchon Eric, and Carol Andrew
A major glossy detailed illustrated monograph published in Greece on the Antikythera mechanism
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