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1) Decoding the heavens: a 2,000-year-old computer--and the century-long search to discover its secrets
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In 1900 an ancient Greek shipwreck, dating from around 70 BC, was discovered in the Mediterranean. One of the objects hauled up - the "Antikythera mechanism" - has puzzled scientists for over a century. It was ancient clockwork, unmatched in complexity for 1000 years - but who could have made it, and what was it for? Now scientists have pieced together its intricate workings and revealed its secrets.
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