NATS 1745 Lecture Notes - Lecture 45: Armillary Sphere, Georg Joachim Rheticus, Deferent And Epicycle
9 Oct 2017
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Seemed too complication, was not aesthetically pleasing or simple enough (cid:1005)(cid:1005). Ptole(cid:373)y"s (cid:373)oti(cid:448)atio(cid:374) for epicycles (cid:449)as retrograde (cid:373)otio(cid:374), this falls out easily o(cid:374)ce su(cid:374) is i(cid:374) centre of solar system, so copernicus provided straightforward explanation of planetary motion. Measuring angles of planetary motion or position of planets and stars in night sky (cid:1005)3. Accused of heresy and placed under house arrest but still productive: how did scientists confirm copernicus was indeed in unmarked grave in fromberg church, in. Somehow managed to get his hair sample or something similar. In 1543, diagram drawn by polish cleric copernicus. Inventor of modern astronomy and started scientific revolution. Diagram as important today as it was 500 years ago. What did universe look like, how does it work, how humans are in it. Took world 150 years to accept his revolutionary ideas. Sense of place in cosmos never same after his solar system drawn. Book on the revolutions of the heavenly spheres.
