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

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 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.