The Antikythera Mechanism

The Antikythera Mechanism or Calculator is the oldest known mechanical computing device. It was built between 150BC and 100BC and was an extremely accurate predictor of astronomical events like eclipses. The video below shows the device re-created today ... using Lego®!

More information about the device can be found in this Nature article or at Wikipedia.

CS160 Programming Languages Links

Here are the links we looked at today in class:

• Computer language timeline
• List of 2500 programming languages

And here are some Python links:

• The official Python site
• A good Python tutorial