World's first computer /

In 1901, a group of divers excavating an ancient shipwreck near the island of Antikythera, off the southern coast of Greece, found a mysterious object. The 2,000-year-old object, no bigger than a modern laptop, is now regarded as the world's oldest computer, devised to show the positions of the...

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Other Authors:	Beckham, Mike (Screenwriter, Producer, Director)
Format:	Video
Language:	English
Language Notes:	In English.
Published:	London, England : British Broadcasting Corporation, 2012.
Series:	Academic Video Online
Subjects:	Antikythera mechanism (Ancient calculator) Calendar, Greek. Machine d'Anticythère. Calendrier grec. Calendar, Greek documentary film. Documentary films Documentary films.
Online Access:	Connect to this streaming video (Alexander Street Press)