Again in SciAm there is an interesting piece written by the lead author from this paper:
“A Model of the Cosmos in the ancient Greek Antikythera Mechanism”
https://www.nature.com/articles/s41598-021-84310-w
Seems to be the latest update, published last year. It’s a fascinating thing.
buffy said:
Again in SciAm there is an interesting piece written by the lead author from this paper:“A Model of the Cosmos in the ancient Greek Antikythera Mechanism”
https://www.nature.com/articles/s41598-021-84310-w
Seems to be the latest update, published last year. It’s a fascinating thing.
If it really piques your interest a look at the videos done by clickspring are well worth a look.
https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCworsKCR-Sx6R6-BnIjS2MA
It is a fascinating thing.
I’ve been keeping tabs on any new discoveries.
How can it be any new discoveries?
It was discovered 120 years ago, has been X-rayed umpteen times, and the mechanism has been replicated hundreds of times.
mollwollfumble said:
How can it be any new discoveries?It was discovered 120 years ago, has been X-rayed umpteen times, and the mechanism has been replicated hundreds of times.
Yet we still don’t know a lot about it.
mollwollfumble said:
In truth, what wasn’t oxidized in a solid mass
How can it be any new discoveries?It was discovered 120 years ago, has been X-rayed umpteen times, and the mechanism has been replicated hundreds of times.
is still being discovered as fragments mistakenly
jumbled together with fragments of yet to be examined
bits and pieces. Although it was initially discovered over a
century ago, the full scope of what they had found was yet to be
appreciated for what it actually was/is/ and is yet to be fully realized.
It also seems that the more they discover, the more precious it becomes
and the less likely the museum curators are to allow this unique object to be
taken out of their sight/care and now even from the atmosphere controlled vault
it’s being preserved in. For one thing, it’s now being pawed over by people of every
discipline imaginable from mathematicians, language experts, historians & cartographers.
It seems that every time they find something they’d assumed was a meaningless hole, or etching
or fragment that had been fitted in incorrectly they have to rethink that which they’d assumed earlier.
IMO, the initial error was made in underestimating the genius that went into the invention from the jump.
Ogmog said:
mollwollfumble said:In truth, what wasn’t oxidized in a solid mass
How can it be any new discoveries?It was discovered 120 years ago, has been X-rayed umpteen times, and the mechanism has been replicated hundreds of times.
is still being discovered as fragments mistakenly
jumbled together with fragments of yet to be examined
bits and pieces. Although it was initially discovered over a
century ago, the full scope of what they had found was yet to be
appreciated for what it actually was/is/ and is yet to be fully realized.It also seems that the more they discover, the more precious it becomes
and the less likely the museum curators are to allow this unique object to be
taken out of their sight/care and now even from the atmosphere controlled vault
it’s being preserved in. For one thing, it’s now being pawed over by people of every
discipline imaginable from mathematicians, language experts, historians & cartographers.It seems that every time they find something they’d assumed was a meaningless hole, or etching
or fragment that had been fitted in incorrectly they have to rethink that which they’d assumed earlier.IMO, the initial error was made in underestimating the genius that went into the invention from the jump.
Can one buy a replica anywhere.
Tau.Neutrino said:
Ogmog said:
mollwollfumble said:In truth, what wasn’t oxidized in a solid mass
How can it be any new discoveries?It was discovered 120 years ago, has been X-rayed umpteen times, and the mechanism has been replicated hundreds of times.
is still being discovered as fragments mistakenly
jumbled together with fragments of yet to be examined
bits and pieces. Although it was initially discovered over a
century ago, the full scope of what they had found was yet to be
appreciated for what it actually was/is/ and is yet to be fully realized.It also seems that the more they discover, the more precious it becomes
and the less likely the museum curators are to allow this unique object to be
taken out of their sight/care and now even from the atmosphere controlled vault
it’s being preserved in. For one thing, it’s now being pawed over by people of every
discipline imaginable from mathematicians, language experts, historians & cartographers.It seems that every time they find something they’d assumed was a meaningless hole, or etching
or fragment that had been fitted in incorrectly they have to rethink that which they’d assumed earlier.IMO, the initial error was made in underestimating the genius that went into the invention from the jump.
Can one buy a replica anywhere.
It would be more fun to build one from plans.
Tau.Neutrino said:
Tau.Neutrino said:
Ogmog said:In truth, what wasn’t oxidized in a solid massis still being discovered as fragments mistakenly
jumbled together with fragments of yet to be examined
bits and pieces. Although it was initially discovered over a
century ago, the full scope of what they had found was yet to be
appreciated for what it actually was/is/ and is yet to be fully realized.It also seems that the more they discover, the more precious it becomes
and the less likely the museum curators are to allow this unique object to be
taken out of their sight/care and now even from the atmosphere controlled vault
it’s being preserved in. For one thing, it’s now being pawed over by people of every
discipline imaginable from mathematicians, language experts, historians & cartographers.It seems that every time they find something they’d assumed was a meaningless hole, or etching
or fragment that had been fitted in incorrectly they have to rethink that which they’d assumed earlier.IMO, the initial error was made in underestimating the genius that went into the invention from the jump.
Can one buy a replica anywhere.
It would be more fun to build one from plans.
Have a look around. I seem to recall one made entirely of Lego.
Books
3D CAD Model
https://grabcad.com/library/antikythera-mechanism-4
Tau.Neutrino said:
Tau.Neutrino said:
Ogmog said:In truth, what wasn’t oxidized in a solid massis still being discovered as fragments mistakenly
jumbled together with fragments of yet to be examined
bits and pieces. Although it was initially discovered over a
century ago, the full scope of what they had found was yet to be
appreciated for what it actually was/is/ and is yet to be fully realized.It also seems that the more they discover, the more precious it becomes
and the less likely the museum curators are to allow this unique object to be
taken out of their sight/care and now even from the atmosphere controlled vault
it’s being preserved in. For one thing, it’s now being pawed over by people of every
discipline imaginable from mathematicians, language experts, historians & cartographers.It seems that every time they find something they’d assumed was a meaningless hole, or etching
or fragment that had been fitted in incorrectly they have to rethink that which they’d assumed earlier.IMO, the initial error was made in underestimating the genius that went into the invention from the jump.
Can one buy a replica anywhere.
It would be more fun to build one from plans.
Here’s an Aussie bloke making one as close to the assumed original as possible.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ML4tw_UzqZE&ab_channel=Clickspring
Tau.Neutrino said:
Books
I wonder how many similar objects there are buried under the waves.
The Rev Dodgson said:
Tau.Neutrino said:
Books
I wonder how many similar objects there are buried under the waves.
Could be more, yes.
roughbarked said:
monkey skipper said:
Witty Rejoinder said:
transition said:
SCIENCE said:
The Rev Dodgson said:
Tau.Neutrino said:
Gravitational wave researchers cast new light on Antikythera mechanism mystery
I’m a bit sceptical that this really needs statistical techniques derived just for gravitational wave detection.
But QI, nonetheless.
¿“needs”?
Look, it’sn’t like the method of edge waves in the physical theory of diffraction could ever be useful to determine the response of eggs to a cooking process, or how corn might pop in a steel box.
read that, cheers
YouTuber helps researchers solve the mystery of a 2,000-year-old ‘computer’
Jenny McGrath; edited by Jessica Orwig Jul 4, 2024, 8:09 PM ET
- Researchers think they’ve solved the 2,200-year-old mystery of the Antikythera mechanism.
- The ancient device, found in a shipwreck, likely followed a Greek lunar calendar.
- They used statistical modeling techniques typically used to study ripples in space-time.https://www.businessinsider.com/antikythera-mechanism-mystery-gravitational-waves-calendar-2024-7?
Threadworthy Witty
So they’ll have this cracked in 20 years or so yeah¿
