Thursday, November 30, 2006

Ancient Greek Astronomical Machine



This discovery shows an incredible amount of advanced mathematics belonged to someone over 2,000 years ago. Very cool story.

Scientists have finally demystified the incredible workings of a 2,000-year-old astronomical calculator built by ancient Greeks.

A new analysis of the Antikythera Mechanism [image], a clock-like machine consisting of more than 30 precise, hand-cut bronze gears, show it to be more advanced than previously thought—so much so that nothing comparable was built for another thousand years.

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