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Ancient Computer
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An unpromising lump of metal found in a 2,000-year-old shipwreck turns out to be an extraordinary treasure: the world's first computer. NOVA follows the ingenious detective work that painstakingly ...
An unpromising lump of metal found in a 2,000-year-old shipwreck turns out to be an extraordinary treasure: the world's first computer. NOVA follows the ingenious detective work that painstakingly discovered the truth about the ancient Greek device: it was an astonishingly sophisticated astronomical calculator and eclipse predictor, unrivaled until the era of modern science and believed to be from the workshop of Archimedes.
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- Creator
- Public Broadcasting Service (U.S.)
- Included Title
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- Nova (Television program)
- Format
- Videos, Slides, Films
- Language
- English
- Contributors
- Publication
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- New York, N.Y. : Films Media Group, [2014], c2012
- Physical Details
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- 1 streaming video file (60 min.) : sd., col
- digital
- data file
- OCLC
- ocn892631153
- Access requires authentication through Films on Demand.
- Encoded with permission for digital streaming by Films Media Group on August 15, 2014.
- Films on Demand is distributed by Films Media Group for Films for the Humanities & Sciences, Cambridge Educational, Meridian Education, and Shopware.
- Mode of access: Internet.
- System requirements: FOD playback platform.
- Closed-captioned.
- Introduction: Ancient Computer (1:45) -- Antikythera Mechanism (2:43) -- Greek Sailors (2:37) -- Prior Research (1:40) -- Greek Innovations (1:43) -- Greek Astrology (3:03) -- X-Ray (2:49) -- Scan Results (2:31) -- Working Model (3:30) -- Surface Details (3:16) -- 223 Teeth (1:57) -- Saros Cycle (2:07) -- Predicting the Future (2:14) -- Antikythera Glyphs (2:13) -- Tracking Ellipse (2:07) -- Rotating Ellipse (3:18) -- Antikythera Mechanism Inventor (2:19) -- Archimedes (2:11) -- Miniature Planetarium (3:23) -- Portable Gears (1:48) -- Credits: Ancient Computer (1:17)