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
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
Have you ever felt like you don’t belong? Like your friends or colleagues are going to discover you’re a fraud, and you don’t actually deserve your job and accomplishments? If so, you’re in good company. These feelings are known as Imposter Syndrome, or what psychologists often call impostor phenomenon. An estimated 70% of people experience […]
The Imposter Syndrome Is Real! — Bombay Ficus
*So is the imposter syndrome real?
Astrology goes way back so I assume it has a pre-history (going back 6000+ years or so) but there is little we can learn about such beliefs before there were written records of what they were. In any case we can learn two things from this long-standing belief. For one, people looked up and studied […]
Astrology Has an Interesting History — Class Warfare Blog
MOST modern scientists believe that astrology is merely superstition. Yet, true science and philosophy seeks “rather to solve than to deny,” says Theosophy. In other words to solve using the scientific method of “checking, testing and verifying in every department of nature.” (“Summing Up” in The Secret Doctrine, Volume 1, pages 272-278): By means of […]
Esoteric Astrology: “Our Destiny is Written in the Stars” — Theosophy Watch
*A deep subject but there are plenty of books on this topic.
Ciscography 