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The Two-Thousand-Year-Old Computer
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The Two-Thousand-Year-Old Computer

Mar 14, 2012
1h 15m
★ 7.7

Overview

A historical and scientific investigation telling the extraordinary story of how the ancient Greeks built a computer 2,000 years ago. Set against the glorious backdrop of classical Greece, this Grierson-nominated film follows the international research team who finally solved the puzzle of the ‘Antikythera Mechanism’. Scientific breakthroughs illustrated with stunning graphics and reenactments, reveal a trail of mysterious numbers that solved the conundrum of the gears – a real life Da Vinci code set in ancient Greece.

Genres

Documentary

Production Companies

Anemon Productions
Images First
ARTE
ERT
NHK
Nikon
National Hellenic Research Foundation

Cast

No Cast found.

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