Category: Historical
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Blog 2 – Aristotle and Plato’s cosmology
Aristotle and Plato were both influential ancient Greek philosophers. While they made great contributions to the field of philosophy and politics, their views about the universe also had lasting impacts on Western history. In this blog, I want to share and compare the cosmologies put furth by the two philosophers based on what I learnt…
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Historical Astronomers in Context
Galileo Galilei (2/15/1564 – 1/08/1642) Galileo Galilei was a very important physicist and astronomer .Based on his observations and discoveries, he supported the heliocentric model of the universe against the dominant view of geocentric model at that time. In terms of innovations, he improved the functionality of telescope and used it to successfully observe the…
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