The inscriptions of the Antikythera Mechanism.pdf

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I N V I T A T I O N
The “Aikaterini Laskaridis Foundation”, the publishers of the international interdisciplinary journal “Almagest” and the Antikythera
Mechanism Research Project invite you to the
first international presentation of the publication
– special issue of “Almagest”
The inscriptions of the Antikythera Mechanism
Thursday, 9 June, 19.30
Historic Library of the “Aikaterini Laskaridis Foundation”
II Merarchias Str. & Aktis Moutsopoulou, Piraeus
Free admission
The research at the Antikythera Shipwreck is under the auspices of the President of the Hellenic Republic, Mr. Prokopios Pavlopoulos
P R O G R A M M E
GREETINGS
Panos Laskaridis,
President of the “Aikaterini Laskaridis Foundation”
Efthymios Nicolaidis,
Editor of Almagest Journal, President of the International Union of the History and Philosophy of Science and
Technology
Mathias Buttet,
Research & Development Director at Hublot SA, sponsor of Almagest’s special issue
SPEECHES OF THE ANTIKYTHERA MECHANISM RESEARCH PROJECT MEMBERS
20:00 – 20:15 Yanis Bitsakis,
Physicist and Historian of Science and Technology, University of Athens, Institute of Historical Research, National
Hellenic Research Foundation
Introduction to the Mechanism and the reading of the inscriptions
20:15 – 20:30 Agamemnon Tselikas,
Classicist, Palaeographer, Center for History and Palaeography, National Bank of Greece Cultural
Foundation
An emerging revelation: letters through the incisions
20:30 – 20:45 Alexander Jones,
Professor of the history of the exact sciences in antiquity, Institute for the study of the Ancient World, New
York University
The inscriptions of the Mechanism and ancient astronomy
20:45 – 21:00 Xenophon Moussas,
Professor of Space Physics, Faculty of Physics, University of Athens
The interpretation of the Mechanism’s inscriptions by modern astronomy
21:00 – 21:15 Mike Edmunds,
Emeritus Professor, School of Physics and Astronomy, Cardiff University
Who built the Mechanism and why? The inscriptions and ancient mechanics
21:15 – 21:30 DISCUSSION

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