Presentation: Imaging the Ancient Greek Antikythera Mechanism -- 7pm, 6/13/13
Edward Katz
Thursday June 13, 2013--7pm
Imaging the Antikythera Mechanism
|
Tom Malzbender |
Abstract
In 1900, a party of sponge divers chanced on the
wreck of a Roman merchant vessel between Crete and
mainland Greece. It was found to contain numerous
ancient Greek treasures, among them a mysterious
lump of clay that split open to reveal `mathematical
gears' as it dried out. This object is now known as
the Antikythera Mechanism, one of the most
enlightening artifacts in terms of revealing the
advanced nature of ancient Greek science and
technology. In 2005 we traveled to the National
Archeological Museum in Athens to apply our
Reflectance Imaging methods to the mechanism in the
hopes of revealing ancient writing on the device. We
were successful, and along with the results of
Microfocus CT imaging, epigraphers were able to
decipher 3000 characters compared with the original
800 known. This lead to an understanding that the
device was a mechanical, astronomical computer
capable of predicting solar and lunar eclipses along
with other celestial events. This talk will overview
both the imaging methods as well as what they reveal
about the Antikythera Mechanism.
Date and Time
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Thursday, June 13, 2013 |
Location
See p. 22 in the June IEEE Grid
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Tim Craig
The presentation is hosted by the IEEE Robotics and Automation Society.� Their meetings are open to the public.� And free.
Tim
This is great!� Is this only open to HBRobotics members or can we share this post with folks outside the group?
Val
On Sat, Jun 1, 2013 at 11:25 PM, Edward Katz <ed....@sv.cmu.edu> wrote:
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Thursday June 13, 2013--7pm
Imaging the Antikythera Mechanism
Tom Malzbender
Research Scientist and Independent Consultant
Abstract
In 1900, a party of sponge divers chanced on the wreck of a Roman merchant vessel between Crete and mainland Greece. It was found to contain numerous ancient Greek treasures, among them a mysterious lump of clay that split open to reveal `mathematical gears' as it dried out. This object is now known as the Antikythera Mechanism, one of the most enlightening artifacts in terms of revealing the advanced nature of ancient Greek science and technology. In 2005 we traveled to the National Archeological Museum in Athens to apply our Reflectance Imaging methods to the mechanism in the hopes of revealing ancient writing on the device. We were successful, and along with the results of Microfocus CT imaging, epigraphers were able to decipher 3000 characters compared with the original 800 known. This lead to an understanding that the device was a mechanical, astronomical computer capable of predicting solar and lunar eclipses along with other celestial events. This talk will overview both the imaging methods as well as what they reveal about the Antikythera Mechanism.
Date and Time
Thursday, June 13, 2013
7:00pm: Presentation
Location
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Valerie,
The presentation is hosted by the IEEE Robotics and Automation Society. Their meetings are open to the public. And free.
Tim
On 6/2/2013 7:49 AM, Valerie Freitas wrote:
This is great! Is this only open to HBRobotics members or can we share this post with folks outside the group?
Val
On Sat, Jun 1, 2013 at 11:25 PM, Edward Katz <ed....@sv.cmu.edu> wrote:
Thursday June 13, 2013--7pm
Imaging the Antikythera Mechanism
Tom Malzbender
Research Scientist and Independent Consultant
Abstract
In 1900, a party of sponge divers chanced on the wreck of a Roman merchant vessel between Crete and mainland Greece. It was found to contain numerous ancient Greek treasures, among them a mysterious lump of clay that split open to reveal `mathematical gears' as it dried out. This object is now known as the Antikythera Mechanism, one of the most enlightening artifacts in terms of revealing the advanced nature of ancient Greek science and technology. In 2005 we traveled to the National Archeological Museum in Athens to apply our Reflectance Imaging methods to the mechanism in the hopes of revealing ancient writing on the device. We were successful, and along with the results of Microfocus CT imaging, epigraphers were able to decipher 3000 characters compared with the original 800 known. This lead to an understanding that the device was a mechanical, astronomical computer capable of predicting solar and lunar eclipses along with other celestial events. This talk will overview both the imaging methods as well as what they reveal about the Antikythera Mechanism.
Date and Time
Thursday, June 13, 2013
7:00pm: Presentation
Location