| Title:
| Discovering How Greeks Computed in 100 B.C.
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| Description:
| "After a closer examination of a surviving marvel of ancient Greek technology known as the Antikythera Mechanism, scientists have found that the device not only predicted solar eclipses but also organized the calendar in the four-year cycles of the Olympiad, forerunner of the modern Olympic Games."
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| Author:
| JOHN NOBLE WILFORD
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| Orig. Date:
| July 31, 2008
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| Source:
| NY Times
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| Subject:
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| Contributor:
| Bruce Buchanan
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| Comments:
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| Type:
| Text
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| Language:
| English
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| Format:
| html
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| Last Edit:
| Thu, 31 Jul 2008 07:57:17 -0700
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