The Antikythera Mechanism
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To Michael

Michael T. Wright, that I'm honoured to count within my friends, is an exceptional scientist, who has devoted part of his life to deciphering and re-building an exceptional instrument : the Antikythera mechanism ( Ist century BC).
 

Little known by non-specialists until the '90s, the device is nowadays often mentioned in radio and TV programs, or in the newspapers  (Wikipedia).

Too many people, however, argue and present their "findings" without referring to the long and minute work of Michael and to the many papers relating it.
An attitude even less acceptable when it comes from professional teams that dare to underrate the work of a single man.

I find it so shameful, that I need to go beyond the Author's will and publish some of his achievements.


Hopefully, in the future we'll have a full account of his deductions.
Till then, all those interested in the history of ancient science can have a glance at the quality of his results in these Web pages.

Presentations

Documents

  • M.T. Wright former home page* at the London Imperial College, as Honorary Research Associate, and current Home Page.
     
  • A suggested reading plan and related documents.
     
  • Michael T. Wright showing the Antikythera model to friends and teachers in Cassis, september 2007 - Pictures and short movies.
     
  • A complete story of the search for a proper reconstruction of the mechanism : Decoding the Heavens, by science writer Jo Marchant, on December 2008.
     
  • A video interview
     
  • A virtual model  of M.T. Wright mechamism, realized by Massimo (Mogi) Vicentini.
     
  • A short description of the mechanism for the Florence exhibition in 2009 (400-th anniversary of 1609 sky observation by Galileo).
     
  • The reconstruction of a Byzantine Sundial Calendar.



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A conference in French on the Mechanism
http://www.tuxdeluxe.org/node/104
http://www3.imperial.ac.uk/portal/pls/portallive/docs/1/7279985.PDF
http://forum.hardware.fr/hfr/Discussions/Sciences/grecs-invente-ordinateur-sujet_12933_1.htm

© F. S. || 4.08. 2008