The Antikythera Mechanism - Science and Innovation in the Ancient World (17-21 June 2013) Lorentzcentre Leiden (Kapteijn Institute, & ICOG, Faculty of Arts, University of Groningen) (original) (raw)

Abstract

The aim of this workshop is to promote a cross-disciplinary dialogue between classicists, astronomers, archaeologists, mathematicians, and historians on the subject of science and innovation in antiquity around a common theme: the Antikythera Mechanism., This astronomical computer from the second century B.C. had the ability to describe and predict celestial phenomena, as its gear trains represent the full translation of even the most sophisticated aspects of astronomical knowledge available in these centuries. Our aim is to place the mechanism, and ancient science in general, explicitly in their wider cultural, literary, and scientific context. We explicitly invite scholars working on classical literature, archaeology, and ancient history who have an interest in the role of astronomy, other sciences (and pseudo-science), or education and the transfer of knowledge in the ancient world. Organising committee Niels Bos, Phd candidate Kapteyn Astronomical Institute, & Faculty of Arts at the University of Groningen. Rien van de Weygaert (professor of astronomy at Groningen), Alexander Jones (professor of the history of the exact sciences in Antiquity, at ISAW , New York), Mike Edmunds (Emeritus professor and Principal Investigator of the Antikythera Mechanism Research Project) Onno van Nijf (professor of ancient history at Groningen).

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