Antikythera Mechanism

I have noted it before [with videos from Nature], but the Antikythera Mechanism is a pretty wondrous object.  And, as the Guardian’s ‘in praise of’ editorial points out, “A BBC4 programme on Thursday night retold the tale.”  The Antikythera Mechanism Research Project is worth a look too.  Here’s a shorter version of the story And, almost as wondrous, the inevitable Lego version… Pete Baker