Ancient discoveries
Başlık:
Ancient discoveries
Yazar:
Pollard, Justin, 1968-
ISBN:
9781417229949
Yayın Bilgileri:
Port Washington, NY : Koch Vision : Distributed by Koch Entertainment, c2007.
Fiziksel Tanımlama:
2 videodiscs (300 min.) : sd., col. ; 4 3/4 in.
Genel Not:
Originally produced for television broadcast.
"Featuring CGI recreations and working replicas of ancient machines."
İçerik:
Computing : the antikythera mechanism, Ctesibius's water clock. Medicine : brain surgery and Galen, doctor to the gladiators. Robotics : Heron of Alexandria's miracle machines and steam engine -- Warfare : Greek fire, Roman battering rams, Helepolis siege towers. Ships : Roman naval engineering and Caligula's Lake Nemi pleasure barges. Power : the Baghdad battery, Roman water wheels, Archimedes death ray.
Özet:
A six-part television mini-series examining various technologies of the ancient world.
Tek Biçim Eser Adı:
Ancient discoveries (Television program)
Elektronik Erişim:
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