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import React from 'react';
import { YoutubeLogoIcon } from '@phosphor-icons/react';
import MarkdownLink from '../../components/MarkdownLink';
export default function Antikythera() {
return (
<div className="space-y-6 font-mono text-sm leading-relaxed">
<p>
The <strong className="text-current">Antikythera Mechanism</strong> is
an ancient Greek hand-powered analog computer. Found in a shipwreck in
1901, it is the oldest known example of a complex scientific calculator.
</p>
<div className="border-l-2 border-amber-500/50 pl-4 py-1 italic opacity-70 text-xs">
"A 2,000-year-old leap in computational history."
</div>
<p>
The device used a complex system of over 30 bronze gears to track the
cycles of the Solar System, predict eclipses, and even mark the
four-year cycle of the ancient Olympic Games. Its level of mechanical
sophistication was not seen again in history for another thousand years.
</p>
<div className="flex flex-col gap-4 pt-4 border-t border-current/10">
<div className="flex items-center gap-2 text-xs uppercase tracking-widest font-bold opacity-50">
<span>See also:</span>
<MarkdownLink
href="/vocab/power-law"
className="text-emerald-400 hover:underline"
>
Power Law
</MarkdownLink>
</div>
<a
href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UpLcnAIpVRA"
target="_blank"
rel="noopener noreferrer"
className="flex items-center gap-2 text-xs text-red-400 hover:text-red-300 transition-colors"
>
<YoutubeLogoIcon size={16} weight="fill" />
<span>Reconstructing the Antikythera Mechanism (Clickspring)</span>
</a>
</div>
</div>
);
}