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Historical Astronomers in Context – Homework #6

Posted on February 9, 2016 by evinske

2. Nicholas Copernicus (1473-1543) was important to astronomy because he served as a pioneer in drifting away from the geocentric model of the universe. He dove tediously into the tables and mathematics of the previous, geocentric model of the universe and found enlightenment in geometry. He thereby successfully determined the distances between planets and the Sun, as […] Continue reading →

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Historical Astronomers in Context: Johannes Kepler

Posted on February 9, 2016 by nickwtheastronomer

Who is Kepler Johannes Kepler’s most renowned contribution to astronomy was his development of the three laws of planetary motion. These three laws correctly defined the elliptic shape of all planetary orbits, established the equal area-equal time interval concept of solar radii, and equated the period of orbit with the size of the orbital elliptic […] Continue reading →

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“O, swear not by the moon…”

Posted on February 9, 2016 by Gabi Grys

Johannes Kepler made important contributions to astronomy through his discovery that planetary orbits are ellipses. Kepler came to this conclusion after several years of painstaking effort trying to make sense of all the observations of his former master Brahe. Kepler also proposed three laws of planetary motion as a summary of his findings. Kepler was […] Continue reading →

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Historical Astronomers in Context

Posted on February 9, 2016 by nedastro2110

Isaac Newton (Jan 4, 1643 – Mar 31, 1727) Accomplishments Isaac Newton’s big contribution to Astronomy was the development of the Three Laws of Motion that applied to how everything in this universe moved. He developed the three laws after examining fellow astronomer, Johannes Kepler’s Laws of Planetary Motion. The laws include: “An object at […] Continue reading →

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Galileo Galilei- The astronomer behind the assonance

Posted on February 9, 2016 by astrologankeller

Galileo Galilei was an incredibly influential astronomer who was born on February 15, 1564 and died on January 8, 1642. He is credited with unearthing many of the universe’s secrets. Among other accomplishments, Galileo was one of the first people to build a telescope and use it to study the universe. He also was the first person […] Continue reading →

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Historical Astronomers in Context – Newton

Posted on February 8, 2016 by podolakvandysolarsystem

Q#2 Isaac Newton (Born January 4, 1643 Died March 31, 1727)  was a mathematician, physicist, and contributed incredibly to humanity’s scientific knowledge. He created calculus, and formulated the laws of motion, the law of cooling, and universal gravitation. Newton constructed the first reflecting telescope. He observed how a prism splits white light into the visible spectrum […] Continue reading →

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Tycho, Shakespeare, Michelangelo, and the New World

Posted on February 8, 2016 by Michaela Thomas

  Tycho Brahe lived from 1546 to 1601. Here is a page detailing his contributions to astronomy.  William Shakespeare wrote his first 23 plays during Tycho’s lifetime. These plays include such major works as Romeo and Juliet, A Midsummer Night’s Dream, and Hamlet. Click here for a list of Shakespeare’s major works.  Also, in 1584, the first […] Continue reading →

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Tycho, Shakespeare, Michelangelo, and the New World

Posted on February 8, 2016 by Michaela Thomas

  Tycho Brahe lived from 1546 to 1601. Here is a page detailing his contributions to astronomy.  William Shakespeare wrote his first 23 plays during Tycho’s lifetime. These plays include such major works as Romeo and Juliet, A Midsummer Night’s Dream, and Hamlet. Click here for a list of Shakespeare’s major works.  Also, in 1584, the first …

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SCED: The Science of Perspectivism

Posted on February 6, 2016 by evinske

Hey guys! Rani and I have been talking a lot about perspective for this week’s blog. First, I wanted to think about the place historical context holds in a STEM course similar to this one. Dr. G mentioned last Tuesday that our lecture about historic science (Copernicus, Tycho, Gallileo, etc.) would likely be the last […] Continue reading →

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Sky Map

Posted on January 26, 2016 by solarsystemjoe

In our Solar System class, we’ve been using Stellarium to investigate the relative motion of constellations and our Sun.  Beyond the ability to lapse time, the features that were most helpful to me were the ones that labelled the constellations and drew lines in between the stars that formed these constellations. As an amateur astronomy student, I’ve […] Continue reading →

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