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LECTURE 2
questions before lecture
think about these
- What is meant by the Copernican Revolution, both in science and in intellectual history?
- Why did it take so long for educated people to accept that the earth was not at the center of the planetary system?
- Give two arguments that the earth CAN'T POSSIBLY be spinning on an axis!
- What is the shape of planets' orbits?
- When was the telescope invented, how was it first used, and who first used it for observing the heavens?
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Professor Bernice Durand, bdurand@theory3.physics.wisc.edu.
Revised September 1, 1997.
Content © 1997, Bernice Durand
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