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A portable cosmos : revealing the Antikythera Mechanism, scientific wonder of the ancient world / Alexander Jones

An analysis of the Antikythera Mechanism, an ancient Greek analogue computer used to track astronomical movements. The text details its 1901 discovery, mechanical operation, and significance as a portable teaching device in Greco-Roman society.

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