Riddle Of The Compass, The

Amir D. Aczel (Autor)

Buch | Softcover

208 Seiten

2002
Harcourt Brace International (Verlag)
978-0-15-600753-5 (ISBN)

Infos

Bestselling author Amir Aczel's fascinating story of the invention that liberated long-distance voyaging and changed the world forever. The story of the compass is shrouded in myth but has its roots in ancient China around 2,000 years ago where a mysterious lodestone, whose power affected metal, was used in the art of feng shui. It may have taken 1,200 years for the 'compass' to migrate to Medieval Italy, but it didn't take long for those mariners of the Amalfi coast to kickstart the Age of Discovery. The compass made it all possible, and this is its fascinating story.

Autor

Amir D. Aczel, Ph.D. grew up on a ship and was navigating straits in the Mediterranean long before he could drive a car. The author of Fermat's Last Theorem, God's Equation, The Mystery of the Aleph, and Probability 1, he lives with his wife and daughter in the Boston area and teaches at Bentley College.

Produkt-Details

• Verlagsort: Orlando
• Sprache: englisch
• Themenwelt: Reisen ► Karten / Stadtpläne / Atlanten
• Themenwelt: Geschichte ► Teilgebiete der Geschichte ► Technikgeschichte
• ISBN-10: 0-15-600753-3 / 0156007533
• ISBN-13: 978-0-15-600753-5 / 9780156007535
• Zustand: Neuware