The Two-Thousand-Year-Old Computer (BBC iPlayer) (opens in new tab)

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2 pointswegwerf13y ago1 comments

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This is no Babbage-style mechanical computer. I found the BBC's title a distraction from the amazing revelation that ancient Greeks were building such complicated mechanisms.

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The Two-Thousand-Year-Old Computer (BBC iPlayer) (opens in new tab)

(bbc.co.uk)

2 pointswegwerf13y ago1 comments

1 comments

ahcox13y ago

This is no Babbage-style mechanical computer. I found the BBC's title a distraction from the amazing revelation that ancient Greeks were building such complicated mechanisms.

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