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Blemished sun
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Length:
33 minutes
Released:
May 4, 2019
Format:
Podcast episode
Description
Galileo thought sunspots were one of the three best arguments for heliocentrism. He was wrong. Transcript The early days of telescopic astronomy were exhilarating. Listen to this anecdote by Kepler. He is writing in 1610, right after the appearance of Galileo’s first telescope reports. Here’s what Kepler says: “My friend the Baron Wakher von Wachenfels … Continue reading Blemished sun
Released:
May 4, 2019
Format:
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