The Antikythera mechanism is featured on the BBC/Open University series, What the ancients did for us: The Greeks, along with other great ancient greek inventions, such as Hero's first steam engine Aeolipile and the Organ, Archimedes' parabolic reflector and many more. In the show, Mr. M. Wright also demonstrates his replica that follows his interpretation of the Mechanism.
You can watch the show in the UK in either the BBC or UKTV History channel.
Tuesday, 31 July 2007
Thursday, 8 March 2007
Upcoming Events
Dr Moussas, Assoc Prof in Space Physics at the University of Athens and member of the Antikythera Mechanism Research Project, is invited by the Chalkis Astronomy Club to talk about the Antikythera Mechanism. The seminar will take place on the 11th March 2007 at 18:00.
Wednesday, 6 December 2006
Conference: DECODING THE ANTIKYTHERA MECHANISM - Science and Technology in Ancient Greece
A Conference organized by the Antikythera Mechanism Research Project with the cooperation of the National Bank of Greece Cultural Foundation...
More here.
More here.
Friday, 1 December 2006
International Herald Tribune: Ancient Greeks had a computer that is really 1.0
A computer in antiquity would seem to be an anachronism, like Athena ordering takeout on her cellphone.
But a century ago, pieces of a strange mechanism with bronze gears and dials were recovered from an ancient shipwreck off the coast of Greece. Historians of science concluded that this was an instrument from the second century B.C. that calculated and illustrated astronomical information, particularly phases of the moon and planetary motions...
Read whole article here.
But a century ago, pieces of a strange mechanism with bronze gears and dials were recovered from an ancient shipwreck off the coast of Greece. Historians of science concluded that this was an instrument from the second century B.C. that calculated and illustrated astronomical information, particularly phases of the moon and planetary motions...
Read whole article here.
Thursday, 30 November 2006
BBC: Ancient Moon 'computer' revisited
The delicate workings at the heart of a 2,000-year-old analogue computer have been revealed by scientists.
The Antikythera Mechanism, discovered more than 100 years ago in a Roman shipwreck, was used by ancient Greeks to display astronomical cycles.
Using advanced imaging techniques, an Anglo-Greek team probed the remaining fragments of the complex geared device...
Read full article here.
The Antikythera Mechanism, discovered more than 100 years ago in a Roman shipwreck, was used by ancient Greeks to display astronomical cycles.
Using advanced imaging techniques, an Anglo-Greek team probed the remaining fragments of the complex geared device...
Read full article here.
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