The 2000 year old computer: the antikythera mechanism

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dc.contributor.authorWolfe, David
dc.date2014-04-01
dc.date.accessioned2014-09-29T19:37:05Z
dc.date.available2014-09-29T19:37:05Z
dc.date.issued2014-09-29
dc.description.abstractIn 1900 the first ancient marine wreck was discovered in the Mediterranean. It took a century to understand that the most interesting and unique find was a series of small bronze barnacle encrusted fragments. When investigated with sophisticated technology, they turned out to be from an analogue mechanical computer, built about 70 BCE and capable of predicting planetary positions and eclipses of the Sun and the Moon both in the past and the future. Its sophistication is centuries earlier than any mechanism that even began to emulate such a device. How did it work and who could have designed and built it? This double lecture will offer answers to these absorbing questions.en_ZA
dc.identifier.apacitation 2014. <i>The 2000 year old computer: the antikythera mechanism.</i> http://hdl.handle.net/11427/7746en_ZA
dc.identifier.chicagocitation. 2014. <i>The 2000 year old computer: the antikythera mechanism.</i> http://hdl.handle.net/11427/7746en_ZA
dc.identifier.citationWolfe, D. 2014-09-29. The 2000 year old computer: the antikythera mechanism. Recorded lecture. University of Cape Town Summer School 2014. University of Cape Town.en_ZA
dc.identifier.ris TY - Other AU - Wolfe, David AB - In 1900 the first ancient marine wreck was discovered in the Mediterranean. It took a century to understand that the most interesting and unique find was a series of small bronze barnacle encrusted fragments. When investigated with sophisticated technology, they turned out to be from an analogue mechanical computer, built about 70 BCE and capable of predicting planetary positions and eclipses of the Sun and the Moon both in the past and the future. Its sophistication is centuries earlier than any mechanism that even began to emulate such a device. How did it work and who could have designed and built it? This double lecture will offer answers to these absorbing questions. DA - 2014-09-29 DB - OpenUCT DP - University of Cape Town KW - physics KW - antikythera mechanism KW - archaeology KW - history LK - https://open.uct.ac.za PB - University of Cape Town PY - 2014 T1 - The 2000 year old computer: the antikythera mechanism TI - The 2000 year old computer: the antikythera mechanism UR - http://hdl.handle.net/11427/7746 ER - en_ZA
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dc.identifier.vancouvercitation. 2014. <i>The 2000 year old computer: the antikythera mechanism.</i> http://hdl.handle.net/11427/7746en_ZA
dc.languageengen_ZA
dc.publisher.facultyFaculty of Science
dc.publisher.institutionUniversity of Cape Town
dc.relation.ispartofseriesUniversity of Cape Town Summer School 2014en_ZA
dc.rightsCreative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivatives 4.0 Internationalen_ZA
dc.rights.urihttp://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/4.0/en_ZA
dc.subjectphysicsen_ZA
dc.subjectantikythera mechanismen_ZA
dc.subjectarchaeologyen_ZA
dc.subjecthistoryen_ZA
dc.titleThe 2000 year old computer: the antikythera mechanismen_ZA
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uct.type.publicationTeaching and Learningen_ZA
uct.type.resourceRecorded lectureen_ZA
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