The model of the solar system that Johannes Kepler presented in his mature work had dimension significantly larger than any of the other geocentric, heliocentric, or geo-heliocentric systems on offer in the early part of the seventeenth century. Although by 1630, Kepler’s heliocentric system with its elliptical orbits had become one of the two leading […]
The emergence of modern astronomy – a complex mosaic: Part XLVIII — The Renaissance Mathematicus
In this post you will learn some facts about Samhain and Halloween.
Samhain Facts —
*The origins of Halloween and Samhain
History repeats
Apples fall close to the tree
Which one will be bad?
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Today’s musings on the history of science re-examine a topic that I have already dealt with several times in the past, that of presentist judgements on the heuristic used by a historical figure to find or reach their solution to a given scientific problem. In the world of scientific investigations, a heuristic is the scaffolding […]
“A sea of wild, woolly thinking!” — The Renaissance Mathematicus
Standing sentinel
With a given narrative
Who would believe it?
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Ciscography 