WHEN a Greek sponge diver called Elias Stadiatos discovered the wreck of a cargo ship off the tiny island of Antikythera in 1900, it was the statues lying on the seabed that made the greatest ...
It is appropriate that Arthur C. Clarke recommended this book before his death in March 2008. Decoding the Heavens tells the story of the 2,000-year-old Antikythera Mechanism and its decipherment. The ...