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Há 1 dia · Galileo was a natural philosopher, astronomer, and mathematician who made fundamental contributions to the sciences of motion, astronomy, and strength of materials and to the development of the scientific method.
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- Galileo’s Copernicanism
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- Vincenzo Galilei
Vincenzo Galilei (born c. 1520, Santa Maria in Monte, near...
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Ptolemy (born c. 100 ce —died c. 170 ce) was an Egyptian...
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Há 3 dias · With his groundbreaking work, Cleostratus meticulously mapped the exact positions and relative brightness of stars visible from Greece at night. His work expanded significantly on other, earlier Babylonian traditions. Star catalogs were invaluable tools for all Greek astronomers.
Há 1 dia · Astronomy, science that encompasses the study of all extraterrestrial objects and phenomena. Since the late 19th century, astronomy has expanded to include astrophysics, the application of physical and chemical knowledge to an understanding of the nature of celestial objects.
Há 5 dias · Ptolemy (born c. 100 ce —died c. 170 ce) was an Egyptian astronomer, mathematician, and geographer of Greek descent who flourished in Alexandria during the 2nd century ce. In several fields his writings represent the culminating achievement of Greco-Roman science , particularly his geocentric (Earth-centred) model of the universe ...
Há 1 dia · Greek equatorial sundial, Alexandria on the Oxus, present-day Afghanistan 3rd–2nd century BC. Following the Babylonians, significant advances in astronomy were made in ancient Greece and the Hellenistic world. Greek astronomy is characterized from the start by seeking a rational, physical explanation for celestial phenomena.
30 de abr. de 2024 · The Oxford History of the Archaic Greek World, a collaborative effort by more than forty eminent scholars, offers 22 detailed and comprehensive studies of key sites from across the Greek world in the period between c. 750 and c. 480 BCE.
Há 3 dias · In the 5th century BCE, the Greek philosophers Philolaus and Hicetas speculated separately that the Earth was a sphere revolving daily around some mystical "central fire" that regulated the universe. Anaxagoras proposed that the Sun is a star around 450 BCE.
