Aspects of the Astrolabe: Architectonica Ratio' in Tenth- And Eleventh-Century Europe

by Arianna Borrelli

The astrolabe - often quoted as "the earliest computer" - is a mechanical instrument capable of performing astronomical computations. This study offers a new interpretation of its role in the Latin... This description may be from another edition of this product.

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 3515091297
• ISBN13: 9783515091299
• Release Date: December 2008
• Publisher: Franz Steiner Verlag Wiesbaden GmbH
• Length: 272 Pages