The Two Thousand Year Old Computer

The Two Thousand Year Old Computer

Release date : August 5, 2012
Runtime : 1h
Countries of origin : United Kingdom /
Original Language : English /
Director : Mike Beckham /
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Production companies : Mike Beckham / BBC /
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In 1901, a group of divers excavating an ancient Roman shipwreck near the island of Antikythera, off the southern coast of Greece, found a mysterious object - a lump of calcified stone that contained within it several gearwheels welded together after years under the sea. The 2,000-year-old object, no bigger than a modern laptop, is now regarded as the world's oldest computer, devised to predict solar eclipses and, according to recent findings, calculate the timing of the ancient Olympics. Following the efforts of an international team of scientists, the mysteries of the Antikythera Mechanism are uncovered, revealing surprising and awe-inspiring details of the object that continues to mystify.
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  • title:The Two Thousand Year Old Computer
  • status:Released
  • Release date: 2012
  • Runtime:1h
  • Genres: Documentary · History ·
  • Countries of origin: United Kingdom ·
  • Original Language: English ·
  • Director: Mike Beckham /
  • Writers:
  • Production companies: Mike Beckham · BBC ·
  • Overview:In 1901, a group of divers excavating an ancient Roman shipwreck near the island of Antikythera, off the southern coast of Greece, found a mysterious object - a lump of calcified stone that contained within it several gearwheels welded together after years under the sea. The 2,000-year-old object, no bigger than a modern laptop, is now regarded as the world's oldest computer, devised to predict solar eclipses and, according to recent findings, calculate the timing of the ancient Olympics. Following the efforts of an international team of scientists, the mysteries of the Antikythera Mechanism are uncovered, revealing surprising and awe-inspiring details of the object that continues to mystify.
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