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Was it the first computer?
Basic themes in document: Pythagoras; old Greece; Antikythera.
BA - Obecná matematika
- 2001 •
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New views on the Antikythera mechanism
The history of the ancient geared mechanism found in a Roman shipwreck near the Antikythera island is reviewed. A particular attention is devoted to the notices in the contemporary literature (Cicero, Vitruvius), which yield an evidence of a...
AB - Dějiny
- 2008 •
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Mechanim from Antikythera. Analog computer from the ancient shipwreck
Work informs about results of the new research and reconstruction of astronomical device called Antikythera Mechanism from the ancient Greek shipwreck (1st cent. B.C.)....
AB - Dějiny
- 2007 •
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From the Antikythera mechanism to the digital computer
The history of computers is given starting with the Antikythera mechanism via analog computers up to digital computers. The difference between analog and digital computer is explained. The estimate of the total number of arithmetic operation...
AB - Dějiny
- 2008 •
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Ancient predecessor of medieval astronomical clocks?
The similarities and differences between the ancient Antikythera mechanism and medieval astronomical clocks are given. The lunisolar calendar used on the mechanism is explained as well as the mathematical method of approximating the irration...
AB - Dějiny
- 2009 •
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