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Predicting the Eclipse: A Multimillennium Tale of Computation

A Multimillennium Tale of Computation

by Stephen Wolfram · 2024 · 112 pages

About This Book

Stephen Wolfram traces the two-thousand-year history of eclipse prediction, from ancient mechanical devices like the Antikythera mechanism to modern computational models. The book explores how the quest to calculate solar eclipses precisely has driven major advancements in mathematics, physics, and computer science.

Genres

PhilosophyScience & TechnologyHistory

Topics

AstronomyComputationHistory Of ScienceMathematicsPhysicsSolar Eclipse

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Book Details

Published

2024

Pages

112

Language

en

ISBN

9781579550875

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