The Antikythera Mechanism wasn’t decoration — it was a precision machine built to predict eclipses, planetary movements, and celestial cycles with shocking accuracy. It used gears so advanced that ...

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The Antikythera computer was the culmination of advanced mathematics, astronomy, metallurgy and engineering. It incorporated the philosophy and science of Aristotle, the gears of Ktesibios, the ...