The Antikythera Mechanism with Dr. Andronis (277)
- Author
- Karl Kruszelnicki
- Published
- Sun 20 Feb 2022
- Episode Link
- https://shirtloadsofscience.libsyn.com/sos-275-na-antikythera-mix
The Antikythera Mechanism is a portable planetarium from Ancient Greece. It is 2200 years old and the first known analog computer. Dr. Nick Andronis built one. The front shows the zodiac position of the first 5 planets, sun, moon phase and date. On the back a 72 year lunar and Olympic calendar with solar or lunar ecliplses.
