X-ray analysis shows the exquisite workmanship inside a rusty relic.
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Jo Marchant is author of Decoding the Heavens, a book about the Antikythera mechanism.
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Marchant, J. What makes a 300-year-old pocket watch tick?. Nature (2010). https://doi.org/10.1038/news.2010.529
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DOI: https://doi.org/10.1038/news.2010.529