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Wednesday, July 20, 2016

The History of Cosmology

h/t Eve Keneinan
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5 comments:

  1. J Storrs HallJuly 20, 2016 at 10:47 PM

    Srsly, dude, get that second Galileo out of there--it's just snark--and put Tycho in.

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    1. TheOFloinnJuly 21, 2016 at 12:14 AM

      a) I did not construct the visual.
      b) Galileo did say that, or to that effect, to "Sarsi" during the controversy over the comets. And he did reject Kepler's ellipses because he believed in perfect Platonic circles.

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  2. RobJuly 21, 2016 at 7:45 AM

    It would be fun, though, to add a few more in there...especially Oresme or Cusa scooping Einstein by a few centuries.

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  3. AnonymousJuly 21, 2016 at 7:35 PM

    Mmmmm! Tasty crunchy philosophical goodness!

    Another place to go for a Philosophy Fix when TOF has not posted recently enough!

    Thanks!

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  4. Earl WajenbergJuly 22, 2016 at 5:28 PM

    I thought Kepler the ellipses were ugly, at least at first.

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