Antikythera Mechanism

[hildy89]

So I've spent most of my Christmas afternoon watching the Mythbusters marathon on Discovery. I hadn't really watched the show, but their approach was hysterical.

I had given my father Decoding the Heavens: Solving the Mystery of World's First Computer by Jo Marchant for his Christmas gift. It's a fascinating jigsaw puzzle, part history and part engineering. Nature published several articles on Antikythera Mechanism, including a lengthy one by Marchant. Some of articles are archived on the Antikythera Mechanism Research Project

Wired has even gotten into the act, posting about Michael Wright's attempt to recreate the Mechanism. Apparently there's a fair bit of controversy over the x-rays and whether it's being put together or analyzed correctly. Oh, archaeologists and their "You're doing it wrong!" attitudes always amuse me. (This after watching half a special on Schliemann and his charming approaches to the field...)

And appropriately enough for me, the remains were found in a shipwreck.

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[hildy.livejournal.com]

Believe me I completely understand. It may be just as well about New Year's. I had a bad allergy attack/cold hit me over Christmas holidays. I'm mostly recovered, but every once in awhile I'll have a massive coughing fit. Not conducive to getting much sleep. Add in the usual pre-"time of the month" insomnia and I'm doing just peachy.

I'd love to do a brief beta read on your fic. I'm not sure what I can offer in trade, since the writing muses have been rather quiet. Plenty of bunnies and ideas, but not as much follow through on the actual writing.