Books by Jo Marchant
The Human Cosmos
by Jo Marchant
In The Human Cosmos award-winning science writer Jo Marchant tells the history of our relationship with the stars, from our cave-dwelling ancestors to a NASA astronaut walking in space, observing the "velvet bottomless bucket of the universe stretching on forever". The stars have inspired and awed humans throughout history but nowadays not so much, which is a pity.
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.
Interviews where books by Jo Marchant were recommended
The best books on Early Irish History, recommended by Hector McDonnell
One of Ireland’s best-known contemporary painters discusses five books on early Irish history and explains that the myriad of oddly named and often eccentric Irish saints are in fact mythical ancestors or local gods
