Astronomy 1021 Lecture Notes - Lecture 8: Hubble Deep Field, Earth Radius, Flag Of Alaska
5 Oct 2016
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Observation & construction: building large dedicated structures requires: Observations repeated over and over to ensure validity. Records of observations therefore required: important elements in modern science: accurate, repeatable, recorded observations. Astronomy as an example of science: astronomy offers many examples of how science works (and fails) It"s an observational science; we cannot go to the places we study, only study them from afar: many of the ingredients that we demand in science today have come about historically. Even without any understanding of the underlying principles, civilizations have been able to use accurate, repeatable, recorded observations to their advantage: ancient egyptians. Arguably first civilization to make astronomical records (babylonians are contemporary: ancient greeks. Take thinking to the next level (and the romans run with it: dark ages. Europeans flounder while ideas flourish in middle east. Lack of data from this period: scientific revolution in europe. Mid 16th to end of 18th century: indigenous astronomy: cayuga.
