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Ancient Computer
NOVA — Season 40
S40E142013-04-0355m

Ancient Computer

In 1900, Greek sponge divers discovered a 2,000 year-old shipwreck containing a geared bronze mechanism whose workings have puzzled scientists for decades. New hi-tech imaging has revealed that this clockwork machine was the world's first computer.

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