| Edition |
Widescreen. |
| Description |
1 videodisc (approximately 60 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in. |
| System Details |
DVD, region 1, widescreen presentation; stereo., NTSC. |
| Note |
Title from container. |
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Originally broadcast as a single episode of the television program NOVA in 2011. |
| Summary |
An unpromising lump of metal found in a 2,000-year-old shipwreck turns out to be an extraordinary treasure: the world's first computer. NOVA follows the ingenious detective work that painstakingly discovered the truth about the ancient Greek device: it was an astonishingly sophisticated astronomical calculator and eclipse predictor, unrivaled until the era of modern science and believed to be from the workshop of Archimedes. |
| Language |
Subtitled for the deaf and hard of hearing. |
| Note |
GMD: videorecording. |
| Subject |
Computers -- History.
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Antiquities.
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| Added Author |
Beckham, Mike.
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Public Broadcasting Service (U.S.)
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PBS Distribution (Firm)
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| Added Title |
Nova (Television program)
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| ISBN |
9781608837984 |
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160883798X |
| Standard No. |
841887018012 |
| Music No. |
NOVA6253 PBS |
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