Evaggelos G. Vallianatos studied zoology and history at the University of Illinois and received his history doctorate at the University of Wisconsin; did postdoctoral studies in the history of science at Harvard; worked on Capitol Hill and the US Environmental Protection Agency; taught at several universities; and is the author of hundreds of articles and six books.
His most recent title is The Antikythera Mechanism: The Story Behind the Genius of the Greek Computer and its Demise.