Decoding the Heavens: Solving the Mystery of the World's First Computer
by Jo Marchant
Although this book has nothing directly to do with Ireland, I came across the story of the Antikythera Mechanism while researching ancient methods of timekeeping and star-gazing for a book on Irish round towers, the builders of which were incredibly sophisticated in their understanding of the movements of the heavens.
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“Marchant’s book demonstrates how slight is our understanding of the knowledge and the science that existed in the Greek world, before the Romans smashed it up.” Read more...
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