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Decoding the Mechanisms of Antikythera Astronomical Device

Autor Jian-Liang Lin, Hong-Sen Yan
en Limba Engleză Paperback – 23 aug 2016
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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Specificații

ISBN-13: 9783662515976
ISBN-10: 3662515970
Pagini: 281
Ilustrații: X, 281 p. 173 illus., 142 illus. in color.
Dimensiuni: 155 x 235 mm
Greutate: 4.45 kg
Ediția:Softcover reprint of the original 1st ed. 2016
Editura: Springer Berlin, Heidelberg
Colecția Springer
Locul publicării:Berlin, Heidelberg, Germany

Cuprins

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.

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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.

Caracteristici

The first book describing systematic reconstruction designs of the Antikythera mechanism Introduces the structural analysis and comparisons of available reconstruction designs of the mechanism Presents an innovative methodology for the systematic reconstruction designs of lost ancient mechanisms based on conceptual design of modern mechanisms Offers feasible reconstruction designs of the incomplete/lost/unclear subsystems of the interior structure Presents 48 feasible designs of the complete interior structure Includes supplementary material: sn.pub/extras