The Antikythera Mechanism's Secrets
In short: The Antikythera Mechanism is a 2,000-year-old bronze mechanical computer used by the ancient Greeks to predict celestial events and track social calendars.
A 1:26 short film in the series “How It Worked”.
Sources used in this film: Nature Astronomy, “Our current knowledge of the Antikythera Mechanism”; Science Museum, “Ancient Greek Computing”; National Center for Biotechnology Information (NCBI), “A Model of the Cosmos in the ancient Greek Antikythera Mechanism”; University College London (UCL), “UCL Engineering experts recreate a mechanical Cosmos for the world’s first computer”; Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution, “Antikythera shipwreck - Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution”; National Center for Biotechnology Information (NCBI), “Improved X-ray computed tomography reconstruction of the largest fragment of the Antikythera Mechanism, an ancient Greek astronomical calculator”.
Sources used in this film
- Nature Astronomy — Our current knowledge of the Antikythera Mechanism · View →
- Science Museum — Ancient Greek Computing · View →
- National Center for Biotechnology Information (NCBI) — A Model of the Cosmos in the ancient Greek Antikythera Mechanism · View →
- University College London (UCL) — UCL Engineering experts recreate a mechanical Cosmos for the world’s first computer · View →
- Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution — Antikythera shipwreck - Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution · View →
- National Center for Biotechnology Information (NCBI) — Improved X-ray computed tomography reconstruction of the largest fragment of the Antikythera Mechanism, an ancient Greek astronomical calculator · View →
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Sources
- Summary by Intellect · source: Nature: Our current knowledge of the Antikythera Mechanism
- Also: Science Museum: Ancient Greek Computing
- Also: Nature Portfolio (Scientific Reports) / National Center for Biotechnology Information (NCBI): A Model of the Cosmos in the ancient Greek Antikythera Mechanism
- Also: University College London (UCL): UCL Engineering experts recreate a mechanical Cosmos for the world’s first computer
- Also: Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution: Antikythera shipwreck - Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution
- Also: PLOS One / National Center for Biotechnology Information (NCBI): Improved X-ray computed tomography reconstruction of the largest fragment of the Antikythera Mechanism, an ancient Greek astronomical calculator
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