43 min
Lecture 4: The Copernican Revolution Astronomy 141 - Life in the Universe
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Modern science was borne of an effort over many centuries to understand
the motions of celestial bodies. The Copernican Revolution of the 16th
and 17th centuries was the crucial moment in history when we finally
understood the nature of celestial motions, and opened the door to the
modern world. This lecture reviews the problem of celestial motions,
the two competing models for explaining them, and the final revolution
in thought starting with Copernicus and ending with Newton. Mid-lecture
my classroom AV system lost power, and the recovery slowed things down a
bit. These are recorded live, after all. This lecture was conducted on
2009 Sep 28 in Room 1005 Smith Laboratory on the Columbus campus of The
Ohio State University.
Modern science was borne of an effort over many centuries to understand
the motions of celestial bodies. The Copernican Revolution of the 16th
and 17th centuries was the crucial moment in history when we finally
understood the nature of celestial motions, and opened the door to the
modern world. This lecture reviews the problem of celestial motions,
the two competing models for explaining them, and the final revolution
in thought starting with Copernicus and ending with Newton. Mid-lecture
my classroom AV system lost power, and the recovery slowed things down a
bit. These are recorded live, after all. This lecture was conducted on
2009 Sep 28 in Room 1005 Smith Laboratory on the Columbus campus of The
Ohio State University.
43 min