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Single-Celled Marine Organisms Resulted in an Influential Illustrated Book

https://lithub.com/how-the-discovery-of-single-celled-marine-organisms-resulted-in-one-of-the-most-influential-illustrated-books-ever-published/

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Scientists Reveal How the Maya Predicted Eclipses for Centuries

https://www.sciencealert.com/scientists-reveal-how-the-maya-predicted-eclipses-for-centuries

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The Complete Work of Charles Darwin Online

https://darwin-online.org.uk/

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@thomasweibel@swiss.social  ·  activity timestamp 2 months ago

After decades of research, a seemingly unremarkable find retrieved from a Roman shipwreck proved to be a sensational scientific discovery, proving that the ancient Greeks were capable of making mechanical models of the cosmos. The Antikythera Mechanism is the world‘s first known analog computer.

https://blog.nationalmuseum.ch/en/2023/11/an-ancient-greek-computer/

My virtual replica:

https://www.thomasweibel.ch/anticythera2/

#history #sciencehistory #antiquity #archaeology #astronomy #digitalhumanities #mathematics #physics #astrophysics

The Anticythera Mechanism

The Anticythera Mechanism: Virtual reconstruction of the ancient Greek computer
Swiss National Museum - Swiss history blog

An ancient Greek computer

After decades of research, a seemingly innocuous find retrieved from a Roman shipwreck was revealed as a sensational scientific discovery, proving that the ancient Greeks were capable of making mechanical models of the cosmos with hitherto unimagined precision. The ‘Antikythera Mechanism’ is an analogue ‘calendar computer’.
The Antikythera Mechanism as on display in the National Archaeological Museum in Athens.
The Antikythera Mechanism as on display in the National Archaeological Museum in Athens.
The Antikythera Mechanism as on display in the National Archaeological Museum in Athens.
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@thomasweibel@swiss.social  ·  activity timestamp 2 months ago

After decades of research, a seemingly unremarkable find retrieved from a Roman shipwreck proved to be a sensational scientific discovery, proving that the ancient Greeks were capable of making mechanical models of the cosmos. The Antikythera Mechanism is the world‘s first known analog computer.

https://blog.nationalmuseum.ch/en/2023/11/an-ancient-greek-computer/

My virtual replica:

https://www.thomasweibel.ch/anticythera2/

#history #sciencehistory #antiquity #archaeology #astronomy #digitalhumanities #mathematics #physics #astrophysics

The Anticythera Mechanism

The Anticythera Mechanism: Virtual reconstruction of the ancient Greek computer
Swiss National Museum - Swiss history blog

An ancient Greek computer

After decades of research, a seemingly innocuous find retrieved from a Roman shipwreck was revealed as a sensational scientific discovery, proving that the ancient Greeks were capable of making mechanical models of the cosmos with hitherto unimagined precision. The ‘Antikythera Mechanism’ is an analogue ‘calendar computer’.
The Antikythera Mechanism as on display in the National Archaeological Museum in Athens.
The Antikythera Mechanism as on display in the National Archaeological Museum in Athens.
The Antikythera Mechanism as on display in the National Archaeological Museum in Athens.
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