This is a contemporary review of the involvement of Mileva Marić, Albert Einstein’s first wife, in his theoretical work between the period of 1900 to 1905. Separate biographies are outlined for both Mileva and Albert, prior to their attendance at Zürich Polytechnic in 1896. Then a combined journal is described, detailing significant events. In additional […]
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By Estelle Asmodelle The transit of Venus is happening 5th-6th June 2012. There are plenty of Astronomical Societies who are holding ‘transit parties,’ including two that I do presentations to: The first one, here is a page from the Newcastle Astronomical Society with their ‘transit party’ and they had ABC radio there as well: http://www.nas.org.au/HTML%20Pages/venus_transit_event_2004.htm
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Big news surrounding the exhumation of the body of Tycho Brahe – was he indeed poisioned? Read both articles for the full details of what is happening right now: http://www.cosmosmagazine.com/news/3864/16th-century-astronomer-exhumed-solve-death And even better read this one too: http://physicsworld.com/cws/article/news/44330 Interesting… especially in the scope of this course.
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The Astrolabe is of interest in showing how much the ancient world knew of astronomy: http://www.astrolabes.org/ And I don’t think we can talk about Ancient Greek Astronomy without considering the Antikythera (around 2nd Century BC): http://www.antikythera-mechanism.gr/ Although the later probably not really related to ancient astronomy – its still pretty interesting how they applied what
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