Decoding the Mechanisms of Antikythera Astronomical Device

• Main Authors: Lin, Jian-Liang (Author), Yan, Hong-Sen (Author)
• Corporate Author: SpringerLink (Online service)
• Format: Electronic eBook
• Language: English
• Published: Berlin, Heidelberg : Springer Berlin Heidelberg : Imprint: Springer, 2016.
• Subjects: Physics.; History.; Science education.; Machinery.; History and Philosophical Foundations of Physics.; Machinery and Machine Elements.; Science Education.; History of Science.

This book presents a systematic design methodology for decoding the interior structure of the Antikythera mechanism, an astronomical device from ancient Greece. The historical background, surviving evidence and reconstructions of the mechanism are introduced, and the historical development of astron...

Table of 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.