In the generation following Copernicus, the question of planetary
motions was picked up by two remarkable astronomers: Tycho Brahe and
Johannes Kepler. Tycho was a Danish nobleman and brilliant astronomer
and instrument builder whose high precision naked-eye measurements of
the stars and planets were to be the summit of pre-telescopic astronomy.
Kepler was ... Show More
Oct 2007
Lecture 14b: Copernicus from Au2006
Because my voice recorder malfunctioned 15 minutes into my Lecture on
Copernicus on 2007 October 9, I've added this recording of my Copernicus
lecture from Autumn Quarter 2006. It is the same basic material, but
since I generally improvise on a basic outline, there will be some
d ... Show More
42m 1s