From The Seas To The Stars
In 1900, a Greek sponge diver discovered a rusty mechanism in a shipwreck off the Greek island of Antikythera. Later, the understanding of what he found was mind-blowing. The mechanism was capable of tracking the sun’s and moon’s movements. It could also calculate the frequency of eclipses and could even track the four-year cycle of athletic games. Some believe that the Antikythera mechanism was the first computer.

From The Seas To The Stars
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