Bibliograph

Ancient computer., PBS ; written, produced and directed by Mike Beckham, Widescreen

Type

Label

Ancient computer., PBS ; written, produced and directed by Mike Beckham, Widescreen

Language

eng

Characteristic

videorecording

Main title

Ancient computer.

Oclc number

828633682

Responsibility statement

PBS ; written, produced and directed by Mike Beckham

Runtime

Summary

An unpromising lump of metal found in a 2,000-year-old shipwreck turns out to be an extraordinary treasure: the world's first computer. NOVA follows the ingenious detective work that painstakingly discovered the truth about the ancient Greek device: it was an astonishingly sophisticated astronomical calculator and eclipse predictor, unrivaled until the era of modern science and believed to be from the workshop of Archimedes

Technique

live action

resource.version

Widescreen

Classification