The Beauty of the Astrolabe

  • by Richard Wymarc
  • on 04.12.12
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“The astrolabe is everything technology should aspire to be. It is beautiful. It is functional. It was, for its time, the very pinnacle of technological achievement, yet even today its simple effectiveness is striking.”

A lovely essay on the beauty of science, and belief.

The Beauty of the Astrolabe

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