Episode 109 – The Antikythera Mechanism with Prof Xenophon Moussas
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English - December 16, 2022 06:00 - 45 minutes - 36.4 MB - ★★★★★ - 1 ratingNatural Sciences Science space rockets solar system planets astronomy telescopes Homepage Download Apple Podcasts Google Podcasts Overcast Castro Pocket Casts RSS feed
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I first came across the Antikythera Mechanism just over a decade ago. It is still the most incredible artefact from history. It is as out of place in our time as William Shakespeare using an Iphone or Vasco De Gama travelling in a speedboat.
The Antikythera Mechanism is a complex mechanical (clockwork) device that can determine the position of the planets and phases of the Moon and predict when solar and lunar eclipses will occur. Constructed about two thousand years ago, it was discovered in 1901.