The Antikythera Mechanism -

by fulltimestudent 3 Replies latest jw friends

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  fulltimestudent

  A . Shorter version - Shared from the OpenCulture wwebsite:

  How the World’s Oldest Computer Worked: Reconstructing the 2,200-Year-Old Antikythera Mechanism

  - in Astronomy, History, Technology | January 13th, 2017

  http://www.openculture.com/2017/01/how-the-worlds-oldest-computer-worked-reconstructing-the-2200-year-old-antikythera-mechanism.html
  

  B. A Longer version - a 2 hour talk by a Stanford University academic.

  The Antikythera Mechanism

  https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xWVA6TeUKYU&t=1060s
  
  
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  dropoffyourkeylee

  Awesome
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  Spoletta

  I've seen other mentions of this. It just shows that there have always been brilliant people around.
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  dropoffyourkeylee

  OK, I watched the entire video (about 2 hours). I had read about this device before, but didn't know much about it.

  Simply incredible!