Ancient Greek mechanism an astronomy computer

How have I lived for (almost) 47 years without reading anything about the Antikythera Mechanism? New research seems to confirm that it is the world’s oldest surviving astronomy computer and may rewrite our understanding of just how technically capable the Greeks were.

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    • Edward Willett on June 6, 2006 at 8:08 pm
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    Hassenpfeffer:

    “Weirding out readers, one post at a time.”

    It’s a mission statement!

    • Scrawney on June 6, 2006 at 8:02 pm
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    Okay, a few days ago I was a little wierded out by the thought of little red alien cells descending all around us when I followed the posted link to this article. Then today I take a break from cooking 12 quarts of my famous tomato vegetable soup on the stove and find that you have posted the whole article in your blog. Now every time I sit down to a bowl of my soup I’ll be staring intently into it trying to pick out any alien life forms. Thanks a lot!

    Scrawney

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