Jueves 5 de octubre de 12:30 a 13:30 hs.
Salón Meridiano. Unos minutos antes habrá café y algo dulce.
Charla del Prof. Stephan Geier
Abstract: In standard textbooks, the history of astronomy is often presented with a focus on actual or presumed breakthroughs, which are usually associated with few and therefore very famous protagonists. What happened in between those “revolutions” is much less well known. One of those presumably dark ages are the 1000 years between 500 and 1500 CE, which broadly define the middles ages in Europe. In the history of astronomy this epoch follows the quantitative description of the geocentric cosmology by Ptolemy and is followed by the transition to the heliocentric model initiated by Nicolaus Copernicus. I this review talk I will try to show that this millenium was not just lively, and more innovative and progressive than probably expected, but also crucial for the development of astronomy.
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ID de reunión: 987 2218 3844
Código de acceso: 637000