The Antikythera mechanism is still revealing its secrets

Post by pimlottc » Tue, Jun 14, 2016, 9:33 PM UTC

nitrogen wrote: post #9

danbruc wrote: post #8

Earlier quoted context omitted.

But it probably really is a photo. Here [1] and here [2] are some more and that thing looks pretty unreal in most of them. [1] http://wetpixel.com/full_frame/brett-seymour-return-to-antik... [2] http://antikythera.whoi.edu/2014/10/07/exosuit-dives-antikyt...

It looks like the color saturation was maxed out and some of the blues and reds started clipping in the saturation range.

Post by selestify » Tue, Jun 14, 2016, 9:44 PM UTC

i_feel_great wrote: post #10

What would the world be like if these ancient scientists and engineers persisted and their science and craft carried on and developed further? Instead, the period that followed gave rise to belief systems that still give us problems today. How very sad.

Post by TruthAndDare » Tue, Jun 14, 2016, 9:55 PM UTC

i_feel_great wrote: post #10

What would the world be like if these ancient scientists and engineers persisted and their science and craft carried on and developed further? Instead, the period that followed gave rise to belief systems that still give us problems today. How very sad.

Post by TruthAndDare » Tue, Jun 14, 2016, 9:58 PM UTC

tacos wrote: post #3

Derek de Solla Price is an interesting character. 50+ years ago while stacking and organizing scientific journals by year, he noticed the stacks grew in height in a logarithmic curve. From there, so much. "He was The Avalon Professor of the History of Science at Yale University from 1960 until his death in 1983. He was the first to record a complete lecture series on History of Science which could serve as a foundati…

Post by tacos » Tue, Jun 14, 2016, 10:07 PM UTC

leephillips wrote: post #14

tacos wrote: post #3

Derek de Solla Price is an interesting character. 50+ years ago while stacking and organizing scientific journals by year, he noticed the stacks grew in height in a logarithmic curve. From there, so much. "He was The Avalon Professor of the History of Science at Yale University from 1960 until his death in 1983. He was the first to record a complete lecture series on History of Science which could serve as a foundati…

Thanks for sharing that link, it is very interesting. But I'm curious - what do you think is wrong with the site design? It's responsive, legible, tasteful, and has no extraneous graphics nor a single thing that uBlock had to block. I wish the rest of the web was this beautiful.