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Why Galileo is like Nostradamus
Why Galileo is like Nostradamus
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Length:
28 minutes
Released:
Dec 27, 2018
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Podcast episode
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Galileo committed scores of errors in his physics. These are bad in themselves and also undermine Galileo’s claim to credit for the things he did get right. Transcript Nostradamus published a famous book of prophesies in 1555. Some people like to praise him for having predicted the future. Allegedly he foresaw all kinds of things … Continue reading Why Galileo is like Nostradamus
Released:
Dec 27, 2018
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Podcast episode
Titles in the series (23)
Galileo bad, Archimedes good: Galileo's bumbling attempts at determining the area of the cycloid suggests a radical new interpretation of his scientific opus. Archimedes's work on floating bodies is an example of excellent Greek science that has not been sufficiently appreciated. by Opinionated History of Mathematics