Transcript -- Reading the sky with the astrolabe Mathematical models: from sundials to number engines - for iPod/iPhone

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How the Greeks invented a two dimensional astrolabe as a conceptual model of the cosmos, and how it was used.

How the Greeks invented a two dimensional astrolabe as a conceptual model of the cosmos, and how it was used.

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