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CATEGORIES:Cambridge Philosophical Society
SUMMARY:LARMOR LECTURE -  The Antikythera Mechanism and th
 e Mechanical Universe - Professor Mike Edmunds\, E
 meritus Professor of Astrophysics\, University of 
 Cardiff
DTSTART;TZID=Europe/London:20121008T173000
DTEND;TZID=Europe/London:20121008T183000
UID:TALK38539AThttp://talks.cam.ac.uk
URL:http://talks.cam.ac.uk/talk/index/38539
DESCRIPTION:\nOne of the most extraordinary surviving relics f
 rom the ancient Greek world is a device containing
  over thirty gear wheels dating from the 1st centu
 ry B.C.\, and now known as the Antikythera Mechani
 sm. This device is an order of magnitude more comp
 licated than any surviving mechanism from the foll
 owing millennium\, and it is clear from its struct
 ure and inscriptions that its purpose was to repre
 sent the cyclic behaviour of the known Universe. I
  will outline the results from an international re
 search team which has been using modern imaging me
 thods to probe the device\, its inscriptions and i
 ts astronomical functions. Our results show the re
 markable sophistication of the Mechanism's design.
  There are fundamental implications for the develo
 pment of Greek astronomy\, philosophy and technolo
 gy. The subsequent history of mathematics\, comput
 ation and cosmology may explain why the idea of a 
 "Mechanical Universe"
LOCATION:Bristol-Myers-Squibb Lecture theatre\, Department 
 of Chemistry
CONTACT:philosoc
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