The Mechanics of the Antikythera Mechanism
In short: The Antikythera Mechanism, discovered in a 1st century BC shipwreck off the coast of Antikythera, Greece, was an ancient Greek astronomical calculator used to predict celestial events such as the positions of the Sun, Moon, and planets, as well as eclipses.
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Sources used in this film: Science Museum, “Ancient Greek Computing”; Nature, “Decoding the ancient Greek astronomical calculator known as the Antikythera Mechanism”; Nature Portfolio (Scientific Reports) / National Center for Biotechnology Information (NCBI), “A Model of the Cosmos in the ancient Greek Antikythera Mechanism”; Nature, “Our current knowledge of the Antikythera Mechanism”; Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution, “Antikythera shipwreck - Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution”; Smithsonian Magazine, “Decoding the Antikythera Mechanism, the First Computer”.
Sources used in this film
- Science Museum — Ancient Greek Computing · View →
- Nature — Decoding the ancient Greek astronomical calculator known as the Antikythera Mechanism · View →
- Nature Portfolio (Scientific Reports) / National Center for Biotechnology Information (NCBI) — A Model of the Cosmos in the ancient Greek Antikythera Mechanism · View →
- Nature — Our current knowledge of the Antikythera Mechanism · View →
- Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution — Antikythera shipwreck - Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution · View →
- Smithsonian Magazine — Decoding the Antikythera Mechanism, the First Computer · View →
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Sources
- Summary by Intellect · source: Science Museum: Ancient Greek Computing
- Also: Nature: Decoding the ancient Greek astronomical calculator known as the Antikythera Mechanism
- Also: Nature Portfolio (Scientific Reports) / National Center for Biotechnology Information (NCBI): A Model of the Cosmos in the ancient Greek Antikythera Mechanism
- Also: Nature: Our current knowledge of the Antikythera Mechanism
- Also: Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution: Antikythera shipwreck - Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution
- Also: Smithsonian Magazine: Decoding the Antikythera Mechanism, the First Computer
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