The Two-Thousand-Year-Old Computer
Documentary about the Antikythera Mechanism, a 2,000-year-old object now regarded as the world's oldest computer, found by divers excavating an ancient Roman shipwreck in 1901.
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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Credits
Role | Contributor |
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Director | Mike Beckham |
Producer | Mike Beckham |
Broadcasts
- Thu 10 May 2012 21:00
- Fri 11 May 2012 03:30
- Mon 14 May 2012 22:25
- Tue 15 May 2012 01:55
- Sun 3 Jun 2012 20:00
- Sun 10 Jun 2012 18:00大象传媒 HD
- Tue 12 Jun 2012 22:30大象传媒 HD
- Wed 1 Aug 2012 23:00
- Sun 5 Aug 2012 00:50
- Thu 20 Sep 2012 21:00
- Fri 21 Sep 2012 01:45
- Boxing Day 2012 19:00
- Tue 12 Feb 2013 22:00
- Mon 16 Sep 2013 20:00
- Tue 17 Sep 2013 01:00
- Thu 19 Sep 2013 00:40
- Wed 12 Mar 2014 20:00
- Thu 13 Mar 2014 01:45