Workings of Ancient Greek and world's first computer unravel

Workings of Ancient Greek and world's first computer unravelled by UK university team


Fragments of the 2,100-year-old Antikythera Mechanism, believed to be the earliest surviving mechanical computing device, are seen at the National Archaeological Museum in Athens. Inset image shows a screen capture rendering by the UCL team of what the device may have looked like. Photo: Thanassis Stavrakis/AAP
15 March 2021 5:48pm
The riddle wrapped in a puzzle as to how the world’s first analogue computer worked may have been unravelled by a University College of London (UCL) Research Team that includes to scholars of Greek descent.
The inter-disciplinary research team led by Dr Adam Wojcik, includes Archaeometallurgist Myrto Geogakopoulou and physicist Aris Dacanalis. The team’s work is funded by AG Leventis Foundation, Charles Frodsham & Co and the Worshipful Company of Clockmakers.

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