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Authored by Nick Strobel, these web pages give a brief history of the imporatant figures associated with shaping Astronomical thought into what it is today. It covers the work and discoveries of the ancient Greeks, Ptomely, Copernicus, Galileo, Tycho Brahe, Johannes Kepler, and others. This is a part of Astronomy notes, an educational resource for introductory undergraduate astronomy classes.
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| Subject keyword(s) | Astronomy, Copernicus, Earth and space science, Earth in the solar system, Fields of science, Galileo, Greeks, Historical Astronomy, Historical perspectives, History and nature of science, history of astronomy, Kepler, Newton, Planets, Ptomely, Science -- Astronomy, Science -- Physics, Science -- Space sciences, Scientific breakthroughs, Scientific enterprises, Scientists and inventors, Solar system, Space Science, Stars, Teacher content knowledge, Tycho Brahe |
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| Grade level | Middle School, High School, Higher Education, Informal Education, Vocational/Professional Development Education |
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| Intended audience | Educator, Learner |
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| Resource type | Instructional Material, Reference Material |
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| Resource format | text, text/html |
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| Rights | Nick Strobel
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History and Philosophy of Western Astronomy Chapter index in this window Chapterindex in separate windowThis material (including images) is copyrighted!.See my copyright notice for fair use practices. Now that you have some feeling for the scales of time and space that astronomy This chapter covers the development of western astronomyand modern science. I focus on the rise of modern science in Europe, from theancient Greeks to Isaac Newton. Other cultures were alsoquite interested and skilled in astronomy (the Mayans (link will display in another window),Egyptians, peoples of India and China come immediately to mind), but the Greeks were the first onesto try to explain how the universe worked in a logical, systematic mannerusing models and observations. Modern astronomy (and all of science) has itsroots in the Greek tradition. If you would like a more thorough discussion of thehistory of astronomy than what I will present here, please take a look atScienceand the Human Prospect by Ronald Pine (links will display in another window). I will give datesof when certainpersons lived and worked to give you some reference points in the long historyofastronomy. Don't worry about memorizing the dates. What is more important isto see the development of ideas and methods of modern science. I include images of world atlases from different time periods in this chapterand the next as another way to illustrate the advances in our understanding ofour world and the universe. Links to the sites from which the photographs cameare embedded in the images. Select the picture to go to the site. The vocabulary terms are in boldface. Go to next section Go to Astronomy Notes home last updated: 05 May 2001 Is this page a copy of Strobel's Astronomy Notes? Author of original content: Nick Strobel
