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Episode 23: The Culmination of Ancient Greek Astronomy
Episode 23: The Culmination of Ancient Greek Astronomy
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Length:
72 minutes
Released:
Nov 11, 2022
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Podcast episode
Description
During the half millennium of the Roman Era in Ancient Greece, only two astronomers made any major advances. At the beginning of the Roman Era, Posidonius measured the size of the Earth and discovered the relationship between the Moon and the tides. But the triumph of Greek astronomy came 300 years later with the intricate planetary model of Ptolemy, which stood unchallenged for some 1400 years.
Released:
Nov 11, 2022
Format:
Podcast episode
Titles in the series (41)
Episode 1: The Heavens & History: 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. by The Song of Urania