Week 3
Read: Harmony and Complexity (Chap. 3) and Earth at the Center of the World (Chap. 4). This week we will be discussing Aristotle's On the Heavens during class.
Quiz: Monday quiz. Covers four stories, zodiac, and Stellarium.
Homework exercises: Science and Speculation (Ex. 1.1), Measuring the Earth (Ex. 4.1).
Laboratory exercises: Stargazing laboratory (Ex. 5.3).
Nature, Number and Substance (2 videos):
The shape and motion of the heavens (4 videos):
Harmony and Complexity (3 videos):
Earth at the center of the world (3 videos):
Homework exercises: Science and Speculation (Ex. 1.1), Measuring the Earth (Ex. 4.1).
Laboratory exercises: Stargazing laboratory (Ex. 5.3).
Nature, Number and Substance (2 videos):
The shape and motion of the heavens (4 videos):
Harmony and Complexity (3 videos):
Earth at the center of the world (3 videos):