Concept

Astrology and astronomy

Related lectures (4)

Explores the historical use of conic sections and gnomonics in ancient sundials and astronomical instruments.

Explores the invention of instruments by artists like Albrecht Dürer to draw complex curves and lines not achievable with a ruler.

Explores the transition from epicyclic curves to Kepler's ellipses and the Copernican revolution in astronomy.

Explains the operation of neutrino and gravitational wave telescopes, global astronomy events, and the solar neutrino problem.