Nicolaus Copernicus lived from 1473-1543, a time when rebellion against the Church was at its height. And unfortunately for the astronomy of the time, it had gotten inextricably tied up with Christ…
Johannes Kepler was arguably the most important scientist in history. His work sparked the current scientific revolution by showing that the heavens could be explained by mathematical equations. Kepler's second law says this: planets sweep out equal areas in equal times. (1/2)
This year marks the 50th anniversary of the original publication of Thomas Kuhn’s famous book, The Structure of Scientific Revolutions. Kuhn, who taught at Berkeley, Princeton and MIT following studies…
Even as the solar eclipse was mesmerizing millions, astronomers were training their space- and land-based telescopes on a far more violent astrophysical event.
It's not a stretch to say the Copernican revolution fundamentally changed the way we think about our place in the universe. In antiquity people believed the Earth was the centre of the solar system and the universe, whereas now we know we are on just one of many planets orbiting the sun.
Avant-propos Shmuel Marcus (1893-1985) était l’un des quatorze enfants d’une famille juive orthodoxe de Dorshoi en Roumanie. Emigré aux USA vers 1907, il commença très vite à collaborer à la presse anarchiste yiddish et anglaise puis à publier brochures...
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Wright's Law, a rule of thumb initially observed in the aircraft industry, helps us see why the cost of solar power has been underestimated.
Christiaan Huygens (La Haya, 14 de abril de 1629 - 8 de julio de 1695) fue un astrónomo, físico y matemático holandés. Nació en el...
Au milieu du 16e siècle, dans un monde en plein bouillonnement intellectuel, Copernic affirme l’impensable : la Terre n’est pas au centre de l’Univers. Prenant à rebours la tradition des savants grecs et l’autorité de l’Église, il déboulonne l’Homme de son piédestal... et invente la science moderne.
Johannes Kepler (1571-1630) was a German astronomer and mathematician most famous for creating what was up to that point the most accurate model of planetary astronomy with his three laws of planetary...
के. सी. पॉल (फुटपाथ पर रहने वाला वैज्ञानिक) की जीवनी, कार्य और जीवन संघर्ष | K. C. Paul Biography, Work and Life Stuggle in Hindi
Bulunduğumuz coğrafyayı temel alan, Avrupa ve Asya'nın tarihini olgusal boyutta göstermeyi amaçlayan bir blog.
Hydroelectric dams generate 40% of the world's renewable energy, the largest of any type. View this infographic to learn more.
You may have wondered why I keep referring to social anarchism rather than just anarchism when I talk about the subject. Social anarchism is in fact what most who understand anarchism are referring…
Acompanhe uma série de 12 gravuras sobre a evolução do conhecimento humano do sistema solar e seu lugar no universo
Newton, when asked how he had discovered the law of gravity, replied pithily: "By thinking on it continually." All of the great scientists in my book would, one senses, have said amen to that.
