“Mathemalchemy” has been described as “a mathematics fever dream turned artistic playground for all math lovers (and haters, too).” ...

[Dave] decided to build a wooden version of the Antikythera Mechanism as a proof ... better part of two years to complete this work of art, and you can see it in motion after the break.

such as those used in the construction of the Antikythera Mechanism, which [Chris] has been rebuilding for the past years, using only period-correct tools. He’s learned a lot about the mechanism ...

The Antikythera Mechanism is a mysterious ancient device used to calculate lunar cycles, planet motions, and more. Over 2,000-years-old, it was far more advanced than any other technology of its time.

The abacus, a simple counting aid, may have been invented in Babylonia (now Iraq) in the fourth century B.C. The Antikythera mechanism, used for registering and predicting the motion of the stars ...