The Antikythera computer captured the ancient Greek passion for mathematics, and especially geometry, and science.

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It’s no surprise then that he’s interested in the Antikythera Mechanism—a small geared device discovered off the coast of the Greece in 1900 that is believed to be the first analog ...

The Antikythera mechanism, discovered in 1901 by sponge ... with the Earth at the center and the planets revolving around it.

"This new mechanism has wide reaching implications for the survival of short period planets and particularly hot Jupiters. "It opens a new avenue of tidal research and will help guide ...

The seven hands of the mechanism pertained to the five main planets which were seen from ... of the eclipse predictor as retained by the Antikythera mechanism, scientists came to the conclusions ...

And yet, they built. Granted, not every artifact was as complex as the Antikythera mechanism, but still, this ancient astronomical computer exists, and must have come from someone’s workshop.