Anti -kiteric mechanism: the most mysterious invention of antiquity

This unique device turned our ideas about the ancient world. However, the history of the anti -kiteric mechanism, named after the Greek island of Antikiter, off the coast of which his fragments were raised from the bottom of the sea, full of dark spots. For many decades, he was stored in the National Archaeological Museum of Greece, not attracting special attention. In the scientific world, they knew about its existence, but even scientists could not believe that this was not a mystification, and the amazing mechanism used to calculate the movement of celestial bodies really came to us from the depths of the leces. Only thanks to the enthusiasm of the few scientists who could not pass by this riddle, it was possible to date the mechanism and make its reconstruction. More than a century has passed since the day of this amazing find, but only now we can say that her secret is finally revealed. Nevertheless, work on the study of the anti -kiteric mechanism continues and far from completion. About how the “first computer” was found about people who devoted themselves to its study, and the book Joe Mercant tells about the most amazing mechanisms in the history of mankind