The New York Times has an article today about an ancient Greek technology known as the Antikythera Mechanism
A very interesting read indeed – Discovering How Greeks Computed in 100 B.C.
The NYT article cites a letter published in Nature today –
Freeth, T; Alexander, J, Steele, JM, Bitsakis, Y (July 31, 2008). “Calendars with Olympiad display and eclipse prediction on the Antikythera Mechanism“. Nature 454: 614–617.
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