FRIDAY 11TH MAY 2012 - DAILY DOSE
Today's DAILY DOSE is quick mention of a great TV show on at the moment -
THE TWO-THOUSAND-YEAR-OLD COMPUTER.
This TV series is probing the secrets of a mysterious device found in what is believed to be a Roman shipwreck - nearly lost for thousands of years.
When the divers found the fragments of this device, they noticed small cogs and inscriptions in the rusted metal - vastly more intricate and complicated than any other contemporary artefact.
This TV series is probing the secrets of a mysterious device found in what is believed to be a Roman shipwreck - nearly lost for thousands of years.
When the divers found the fragments of this device, they noticed small cogs and inscriptions in the rusted metal - vastly more intricate and complicated than any other contemporary artefact.
Due to the island near where the artefact was found, this is now known as the Antikythera Mechanism - one of the earliest mechanised calculation devices ever discovered.
Scientists, physicists, astronomers and mathematicians have spent years studying the fragments of the device - and through X-Ray imaging, 3D photography and other digital techniques they start to build some understanding of what the mechanism was for - and the findings are astounding.
It's on BBC 4 this week and next week -
so will be on the BBC iPlayer for the next fortnight.
Scientists, physicists, astronomers and mathematicians have spent years studying the fragments of the device - and through X-Ray imaging, 3D photography and other digital techniques they start to build some understanding of what the mechanism was for - and the findings are astounding.
It's on BBC 4 this week and next week -
so will be on the BBC iPlayer for the next fortnight.
Any images in this review are subject to relevant copyrights and are kindly provided by: http://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/b01hlkcq
No comments:
Post a Comment