The Two-Thousand-Year-Old Computer (BBC iPlayer)

The Two-Thousand-Year-Old Computer (BBC iPlayer)(bbc.co.uk)

2 points by wegwerf 14 years ago | 1 comment

ahcox 14 years ago |

This is no Babbage-style mechanical computer. I found the BBC's title a distraction from the amazing revelation that ancient Greeks were building such complicated mechanisms.

ahcox 14 years ago |

This is no Babbage-style mechanical computer. I found the BBC's title a distraction from the amazing revelation that ancient Greeks were building such complicated mechanisms.