NATS 1745 Lecture Notes - Lecture 10: Astronomia Nova, 10Th Millennium Bc, Sidereus Nuncius
15 Feb 2016
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Islamic astronomy: positional astronomy, catalogues, translations of ancient texts. Copernicus published on the revolutions of the heavenly spheres (heliocentric model) Thales phenomena in universe due to rational explanations, not gods. 43000- 10000 bce: paleolithic era hunter/gatherers: 18000-10000: 2575-2465: 1900-180 bce mesopotamia (old babylonian, assyrian, new babylonian and late babylonian , 600 bce, 400, 350, 300, 200 bce, 150 ce, 150 ce. 250-900 ce mayan classical period large monuments built, use of long count: 950-1250. 1543 ce late 1500"s brahe large observatories (no telescope yet) and makes accurate positional observations. Kepler publishes astronomia nova (laws of planetary motion) Galileo observes sky with telescope, confirms heliocentric model. Galileo publishes dialogue on the two world systems problems with church. Principia published: laws of motion, law of universal gravitation. Optiks published (includes experiments on colour & light) Halley publishes details of comet orbits; realizes one is periodic and motion can be predicted by.
