The monumental copy of the Antikythera Mechanism that predicts astronomical phenomena, the position of the Sun and the Moon at any moment in time, as well as the positions of the planets is put into operation for the first time!
“It shows the time and at the same time the positions of the heavenly bodies non-stop, like the Antikythera Mechanism,” he tells “ET”. the professor of Space Physics Xenophon Mousas, one of the main researchers of the Antikythera Mechanism, astronomer, retired professor of the National and Kapodistrian University of Athens, and describes to us his pioneering idea, the monumental construction that was placed on the site of the University of Sonora in Mexico.
It all started regarding twenty years ago, when the professor himself and other scientists, Greek and foreign, began to study the oldest known automatic mechanical instrument. In 2018, Mr. Mousas, in collaboration with the research group in Mexico Monumental Antikythera Mechanism for Hermosillo (MAMH), were examining the creation of a functional copy of the Antikythera Mechanism, “a large clock-planetary”, as the professor characteristically notes. After five years of research, testing and work, its pointers and gears perform the specific mathematical operations for the first time as they move around the shafts. The construction was activated yesterday and from today, Friday, February 9, World Day of the Greek Language, it begins its operation, sending from Mexico the message to the whole world regarding the construction of science and language that expanded the limits of human thought, changing the perception of the world with new concepts, knowledge and ideas.
“The Mechanism of Antikythera is the epitome of Greek philosophy. Because, to make a mechanical universe, like Mechanism, you need to have assimilated the Greek philosophy, the philosophy of the Ionian philosophers, and to have put into practice the Pythagorean philosophy. As Galileo put it, “the language of Nature is mathematics”. The Pythagorean pentagon is engraved on one of its gears,” explains Mr. Mousas.
Who might build such a machine? “Only scientists with Pythagorean concepts”, notes the professor, while the enigma of the maker of the Antikythera Mechanism remains unsolved, with archaeologists looking for new evidence that will shed even more light on the secrets of this unique find that is today in the National Archaeological Museum!
What part of the new… Antikythera Mechanism of the 21st century made it difficult for its researchers and builders today? “The biggest difficulty was constructing the motions of the planets. The Greeks since the time of Alexander the Great reproduce the movements of the planets Sun and Moon with the addition of two circular movements, with what we learned in school as the overlapping of movements”.
The Mechanism teaches – as the professor describes – how we can observe, study natural phenomena and predict some of them with the laws of physics and mathematics. At the same time he teaches history, astronomy, geography, technology, mathematics, physics, linguistics and philosophy. “It is a perfect educational tool and it starts its operation on the World Day of the Greek Language. Today computers, telephones, spaceships and the Internet are based entirely on Mechanistic science. The Antikythera Mechanism is the Artificial Intelligence of the ancients”, comments the professor and points out: “It is the goal of all involved, this monumental Antikythera Mechanism to enhance the interest of researchers and the public in the study and preservation of history”, expressing his desire to revive a corresponding new construction in Greece as well.
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