Next Time
Astronomy
- Can one tell whether the earth turns or the stars revolve around the earth?
- How did Greek scientists (around 300 BC) know the earth was spherical and measured its radius!
- Is the sun at the center? Ptolomy vs. Copernicus
- Kepler provides the first accurate description of the orbits of the planets
- Galileo and the telescope - direct observation of orbits!
Reading
- March, Chapter 4; Read “Timeline “ about related Scientists
- Extra reading (Optional) for the interested in history of astronomy : Thomas Kuhn, “The Copernican Revolution”