The Remarkable Science of Ancient Astronomy

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24 lectures, 30 minutes per lecture.
Course no. 1866.
Disc 1. Stonehenge and archaeoastronomy -- The real Stonehenge -- Alignments at Maes Howe and Newgrange -- Astronomy of Egypt's Great Pyramid -- Chaco Canyon and Anasazi astronomy -- Ancient cosmologies and worldviews -- Disc 2. Meteorite worship and start of the Iron Age -- Eclipses, comets, and omens -- The star of Bethlehem -- Origins of Western constellations -- Chinese and other non-Western constellations -- Origins and influence of astrology -- Disc 3. Tracking planet positions and conjunctions -- Ancient timekeeping and calendars -- The lunar crescent and the Islamic calendar -- Ancient navigation: Polynesian to Viking -- Breakthroughs of early Greek astronomy -- The genius of Hipparchus -- Disc 4. -- Revealing the Antikythera mechanism -- How the Antikythera mechanism worked -- Achievements and legacy of Ptolemy -- Star catalogs from around the world -- How ancent astronomy ended -- Ancient astronomy and modern astrophysics.
Taught by Bradley E. Schaefer.
Learn how ancient Egyptians, Greeks, Indians, Chinese, and other cultures saw the sky and how the sun, moon, and stars were their clock, calendar, and compass. Constellations encoded their mythologies and the perfection of the heavens inspired religious and philosophical ideas, ultimately laying the foundation for modern science.
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COMMUNITY REVIEWS

Astronomy submitted by Samiran Muli on July 19, 2019, 1:11pm This is a great video that teaches people about astronomy. I like space and astronomy a lot so I found this book very interesting but others who may not be as interested may find this book a little boring.