From Mica
From Fixed Stars to Sidereal Astronomy
A talk by Professor Giuseppe Longo, Department of Physical Sciences, University Federico II
The talk describes some highlights of the rather complex history which led from the Aristotelic idea of a celestial sphere of "fixed stars" to the 3-dimensional universe. This talk is the first in a series on the history of sidereal astronomy. (The next talks in the series will be in the Fall Semester, 2010.)
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