The Antikythera Mechanism: The Most Mysterious Invention of Antiquity

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It is a
a unique device turned our ideas about the ancient world upside down. However
history of the Antikythera Mechanism, named after the Greek island
Antikythera, off the coast of which its fragments were raised from the bottom of the sea, is full of
dark spots. For many decades it was kept in the National Archaeological
Museum of Greece, without attracting much attention.
In the scientific world, they knew about its existence, but even scientists could not believe
that this is not a hoax, and the amazing mechanism used to
calculation of the movement of celestial bodies, really came down to us from the depths of centuries.
Only thanks to the enthusiasm of a few scientists who could not pass by
this riddle, managed to date the mechanism and make its reconstruction. Gone
more than a century since this amazing discovery, but only now can
to say that her secret is finally revealed. However, work on
research into the Antikythera mechanism is ongoing and far from complete.

About how the "first computer" was found, about the people who
devoted themselves to its study, and about the most amazing mechanisms in history
Humanity tells the book of Joe Merchant.

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Publication language: Russian

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