The Antikythera Mechanism: bit.ly/fm4oFK is the oldest known - TopicsExpress



          

The Antikythera Mechanism: bit.ly/fm4oFK is the oldest known scientific computer, built in Greece at around 100 BCE. Lost for 2000 years, it was recovered from a shipwreck in 1901. But not until a century later was its purpose understood: an astronomical clock that determines the positions of celestial bodies with extraordinary precision. In 2010, we built a fully-functional replica out of Lego. Sponsored by Digital Science: digital-science/ a new division of Macmillan Publishers that provides technology solutions for researchers. Available under a CC-BY-3.0-Unported license. Antikythera Mechanism Research Project antikythera-mechanism.gr https://youtube/watch?v=RLPVCJjTNgk
Posted on: Sun, 04 May 2014 16:50:00 +0000

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