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Episode 1: The Heavens & History
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Length:
31 minutes
Released:
Jan 29, 2021
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Podcast episode
Description
How should we approach the history of astronomy? How have the questions that astronomers have asked changed through the ages? We look at some of these questions and sketch out the broad arc of this field from antiquity to the present day.
Released:
Jan 29, 2021
Format:
Podcast episode
Titles in the series (41)
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