Decoding the Mechanisms of Antikythera Astronomical Device

Nonfiction, Science & Nature, Technology, Machinery, Science, Physics, General Physics
Cover of the book Decoding the Mechanisms of Antikythera Astronomical Device by Jian-Liang Lin, Hong-Sen Yan, Springer Berlin Heidelberg
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Author: Jian-Liang Lin, Hong-Sen Yan ISBN: 9783662484470
Publisher: Springer Berlin Heidelberg Publication: October 26, 2015
Imprint: Springer Language: English
Author: Jian-Liang Lin, Hong-Sen Yan
ISBN: 9783662484470
Publisher: Springer Berlin Heidelberg
Publication: October 26, 2015
Imprint: Springer
Language: English

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 astronomical achievements and various astronomical instruments are investigated. Pursuing an approach based on the conceptual design of modern mechanisms and bearing in mind the standards of science and technology at the time, all feasible designs of the six lost/incomplete/unclear subsystems are synthesized as illustrated examples, and 48 feasible designs of the complete interior structure are presented. This approach provides not only a logical tool for applying modern mechanical engineering knowledge to the reconstruction of the Antikythera mechanism, but also an innovative research direction for identifying the original structures of the mechanism in the future. In short, the book offers valuable new insights for all readers who are interested in the Antikythera mechanism.

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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 astronomical achievements and various astronomical instruments are investigated. Pursuing an approach based on the conceptual design of modern mechanisms and bearing in mind the standards of science and technology at the time, all feasible designs of the six lost/incomplete/unclear subsystems are synthesized as illustrated examples, and 48 feasible designs of the complete interior structure are presented. This approach provides not only a logical tool for applying modern mechanical engineering knowledge to the reconstruction of the Antikythera mechanism, but also an innovative research direction for identifying the original structures of the mechanism in the future. In short, the book offers valuable new insights for all readers who are interested in the Antikythera mechanism.

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