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Jo Marchant

Decoding the Heavens

by Jo Marchant

Hardcover

Marchant chronicles the quest to analyze the design and use of the Antikythera mechanism, an ancient device that could calculate the positions of the Sun, Moon, planets and stars, and predict lunar eclipses. HC. 288pp. 2008.

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Jo Marchant

Jo Marchant is a former editor for Nature magazine and the current editor for New Scientist. She traveled to Athens to research the Antikythera fragments, interviewing most of the people involved in the project. She lives in London.

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