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| adam_text | CONTENTS
1
HUMANS
AND
THE
SKY
....................................
1
1.1 REPEATING
DAYS
AND
NIGHTS
...........................
3
1.2 CYCLES
OF
THE
SEASONS
...............................
4
1.3
EARLY
SKY
WATCHERS
................................
4
1.4 WORSHIP
OF
THE
SUN
.................................
5
1.5 THE
ORDERLY HEAVEN
................................
7
1.6 QUESTIONS
TO
THINK
ABOUT
............................
9
2
EFFECTS
OF
CELESTIAL
MOTIONS
ON
HUMAN
ACTIVITIES
..............
11
2.1
DAILY MOTION
OF
THE
SUN
.....................
.....
12
2.2
THE
ANNUAL
MOTION
OF
THE
SUN
........................
12
2.3
THE
SEASONS
......................................
14
2.4
REGULAR
BUT
NOT
SIMPLE
.............................
15
2.5
QUESTIONS
TO
THINK
ABOUT
............................
15
3
ANCIENT
MODELS
OF
THE
UNIVERSE
...........................
17
3.1
A
SPHERICAL
HEAVEN
................................
17
3.2
CHASING
THE
SHADOWS
...............................
18
3.3
NOT
ALL
DIRECTIONS
ARE EQUAL
.........................
18
3.4
PATH
OF
THE
SUN
....................................
21
3.5
WHERE
DOES
THE
SUN
GO
AT
NIGHT?
......................
22
3.6
QUESTIONS
TO
THINK
ABOUT
............................
24
4
TURNING
OF
THE
HEAVENS
..................................
25
4.1
THE
POLE
OF
HEAVEN
................................
26
4.2
THE HEAVEN
IS
TILTED
...............................
29
4.3
A
FREE FLOATING
EARTH
...............................
31
4.4
QUESTIONS
TO
THINK ABOUT
............................
31
A
SPHERICAL
EARTH
......................................
33
5.1
THE SUN MOVES
IN COMPLETE
CIRCLES
....................
33
5.2
A
DIFFERENT SHOW FOR EVERYONE
........................
35
XI
K
Y1BLIOTHE
DEUTSCHES
MUSEUM
MUENCHEN
XII
CONTENTS
5.3
EVIDENCE
FOR
A
NON-FLAT
EARTH
.........................
35
5.4 THE CHANGING HORIZON
..............................
37
5.5 HOW HIGH CAN
THE
SUN
GO?
..........................
41
5.6
DIFFERENT LENGTHS
OF
DAYLIGHT
.........................
42
5.7 POLE STAR
AND
LATITUDE
...............................
42
5.8 CELESTIAL NAVIGATION
................................
44
5.9 ARE THERE STARS
WE CAN T SEE?
........................
46
5.10 SUCCESS
OF
THE
ROUND-EARTH
HYPOTHESIS
..................
47
5.11 QUESTIONS
TO
THINK
ABOUT
............................
48
6 JOURNEY
OF
THE
SUN
AMONG
THE
STARS
........................
49
6.1
THE SUN MOVING
THROUGH
THE
STARS
.....................
49
6.2
TWO KINDS
OF
MOTION
OF
THE
SUN
.......................
53
6.3
INCLINATION
OF
THE
ECLIPTIC
............................
54
6.4
PLACING STARS
ON
THE
CELESTIAL
SPHERE
....................
56
6.5
AN ASYMMETRIC
UNIVERSE
............................
58
6.6 QUESTIONS
TO
THINK ABOUT
............................
59
7A TWO-SPHERE UNIVERSE
.................................
61
7.1 AN INNER SPHERE
FOR
HUMANS,
AN
OUTER SPHERE FOR CELESTIAL
OBJECTS
.........................................
61
7.2
THE
ARMILLARY SPHERE
...............................
63
7.3 ARMILLARY SPHERES
AS
OBSERVING
INSTRUMENTS
..............
67
7.4 THE TWO-SPHERE COSMOLOGY
..........................
67
7.5 QUESTIONS
TO
THINK ABOUT
............................
69
8 DANCE
OF
THE
MOON
.....................................
71
8.1 SHIFTING
LOCATIONS
OF
MOONRISE
........................
72
8.2
TWO DIFFERENT LENGTHS
OF A
MONTH
.....................
75
8.3 ECLIPSES
AND
PHASES
OF
THE
MOON
.......................
77
8.4
SIZE
AND
DISTANCE
TO THE
MOON
........................
78
8.5
THE
SELF-SPINNING
MOON
.............................
80
8.6 QUESTIONS
TO
THINK ABOUT
............................
81
9
THE CALENDARS
.........................................
83
9.1
HOW LONG IS
A
YEAR?
...............................
84
9.2 STAR CALENDAR
.....................................
84
9.3
WHAT DEFINES
A
YEAR?
...............................
86
9.4
DIFFERENT CALENDARS
AROUND
THE
WORLD
...................
87
9.5
REFORM
OF
THE
JULIAN CALENDAR
.........................
89
9.6
WHAT IS
SO
SPECIAL
ABOUT
A
24-HOUR
DAY?
................
90
9.7 QUESTIONS
TO
THINK
ABOUT
............................
91
10 THE
WANDERERS
........................................
93
10.1 THE TEN PATTERNS
OF
VENUS
...........................
96
10.2 MARS
AT
OPPOSITION
.................................
100
CONTENTS
XLLL
10.3 MOVING
BACKWARDS
.................................
101
10.4
TWO
DIFFERENT
PERIODS
FOR
EACH
PLANET
...................
103
10.5 ASTROLOGY
........................................
106
10.6
PLANETS IN
THE
SCHEME
OF
THE
UNIVERSE
...................
108
10.7
QUESTIONS
TO
THINK
ABOUT
............................
109
11
THE MYSTERY
OF
UNEVEN
SEASONS
...........................
111
11.1 IS
THE
EARTH
MOVING?
................................
112
11.2
EARTH NOT
EXACTLY
AT
THE
CENTER
........................
115
11.3 THE
POLE
IS
MOVING
................................
120
11.4
SHIFTS
OF
THE
ZODIAC
SIGNS
............................
123
11.5
QUESTIONS
TO
THINK
ABOUT
............................
125
12
SIZE
OF
THE
EARTH
.......................................
127
13
14
15
16
17
12.1 FIRST
MEASUREMENT
OF
THE
SIZE
OF
THE
EARTH
................
128
12.2
HOW
FAR AWAY
IS
THE
SUN?
...........................
130
12.3 REVIVAL
OF A
FLAT
EARTH
..............................
131
12.4 PRACTICAL
PROOF
THAT
THE
EARTH
IS
ROUND
..................
133
12.5 QUESTIONS
TO
THINK
ABOUT
............................
134
CYCLES UPON
CYCLES
.....................................
137
13.1
MOVING
IN
CIRCLES
..................................
137
13.2 THREE
ARTIFICIAL
CONSTRUCTIONS
.........................
139
13.3 QUESTIONS
TO
THINK
ABOUT
............................
142
COSMOLOGY ACCORDING
TO
ARISTOTLE
..........................
143
14.1
TWO WORLDS
AND
FOUR
ELEMENTS
.......................
144
14.2
THE
MARRIAGE
OF
COSMOLOGY
AND
RELIGION
................
145
14.3
QUESTIONS
TO
THINK ABOUT
............................
147
THE
POST-PTOLEMY
WORLD
.................................
149
15.1
SIZE
OF
THE
UNIVERSE
ACCORDING
TO
PTOLEMY
...............
149
15.2
PASSING
THE
TORCH
TO THE
ISLAMIC
WORLD
..................
151
15.3
NOT EVERYTHING
IS
WELL IN
THE
PTOLEMY
UNIVERSE
...........
154
15.4
A THOUSAND
YEAR BANDWAGON
.........................
156
15.5
QUESTIONS
TO
THINK
ABOUT
............................
157
THE
COPERNICUS REVOLUTION
...............................
159
16.1
THE SUN-CENTERED
UNIVERSE
...........................
161
16.2
HOW FAR AWAY
ARE
THE
PLANETS?
.......................
165
16.3
SIX BOOKS
ON
THE
REVOLUTIONS
OF
THE
HEAVENLY
SPHERES
.......
166
16.4
QUESTIONS
TO
THINK
ABOUT
............................
168
DOES
THE
EARTH REALLY
GO AROUND
THE
SUN?
..................
169
17.1
THE EQUIVALENCY
OF
THE
GEOCENTRIC
AND
HELIOCENTRIC
MODELS
IN
THEIR SIMPLEST FORMS
.............................
169
17.2
NEW
EXPLANATIONS
OF
OLD FACTS
........................
172
XIV
CONTENTS
17.3 WHAT
COPERNICUS
REALLY
ACCOMPLISHED
..................
174
17.4
QUESTIONS
TO
THINK
ABOUT
............................
175
18
THE
LEGACY
OF
COPERNICUS
................................
177
18.1
A LARGER
UNIVERSE
.................................
178
18.2
AN INFINITE
UNIVERSE?
...............................
179
18.3
NO PLACE
FOR
HEAVEN
................................
179
18.4
COPERNICUS MEETS
CONFUCIUS
..........................
182
18.5
WHAT WE
LEARNED
FROM COPERNICUS
.....................
182
18.6
QUESTIONS
TO
THINK
ABOUT
............................
183
19
A NEW STAR
IN
THE
SKY
...................................
185
19.1
A
NEED
FOR
MORE
ACCURATE
MEASUREMENTS
................
187
19.2
A GEOMETRIC
UNIVERSE
..............................
189
19.3
THE ROLE
OF
THE
SUN
................................
192
19.4
THE WAY
IT IS, RATHER
THAN THE
WAY IT
SHOULD BE
...........
194
19.5 MOTIVATION
AND
LEGACY
..............................
195
19.6
QUESTIONS
TO
THINK
ABOUT
............................
196
20
THE IMPERFECT
HEAVEN
..................................
197
20.1
MORE
STARS
IN
THE
SKY
...............................
197
20.2
GALILEO S
PROMOTION
OF
COPERNICUS
.....................
198
20.3
HOW THINGS
MOVE
.................................
201
20.4
GALILEO S EXPLANATION
OF
A
MOVING EARTH
.................
202
20.5
QUESTIONS
TO
THINK
ABOUT
............................
203
21
UNIFICATION
OF
HEAVEN
AND
EARTH
...........................
205
21.1 THE
MOON
IS FALLING
................................
206
21.2 PREDICTION
OF
FUTURE
SPACE
FLIGHTS
......................
207
21.3 A
FORCE WITHOUT
AGENT
..............................
208
21.4
A PHYSICAL
UNIVERSE
................................
209
21.5 QUESTIONS
TO
THINK
ABOUT
............................
210
22
EPILOGUE
.............................................
213
APPENDIX
A:
LONGITUDES
AND
LATITUDES
OF
CITIES AROUND
THE
WORLD
...................................................
217
APPENDIX
B: ASTRONOMICAL
MEASUREMENTS
.......................
219
APPENDIX
C:
HOW LONG
DOES
IT TAKE
FOR
THE
SUN
TO
RISE
AND
SET?.
.-.
221
APPENDIX
D: HOW
LONG
IS
A
DAY?
.............................
223
APPENDIX
E:
WHAT TIME
IS NOON?
.............................
225
APPENDIX
F:
HOW FAR CAN
WE SEE?
...........................
227
CONTENTS
XV
APPENDIX
G:
DECREASE
OF
THE
OBLIQUITY
OF
THE
ECLIPTIC
..............
229
APPENDIX
H:
SYNODIC
AND
SIDEREAL
PERIODS
......................
231
APPENDIX
I:
MODERN EVIDENCE
FOR
THE
ROUNDNESS
OF
THE
EARTH
.......
233
APPENDIX
J:
MODERN EVIDENCE
FOR
THE
ROTATION
AND
REVOLUTION
OF
THE
EARTH
..............................................
235
APPENDIX
K:
ESCAPE FROM EARTH
..............................
237
APPENDIX
L:
TRAVEL
TO THE
PLANETS
.............................
239
REVIEW
EXERCISES
..........................................
241
LABORATORY
EXERCISES
.......................................
249
GLOSSARY
.................................................
255
FURTHER
READING
...........................................
261
INDEX
...................................................
263
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CONTENTS
1
HUMANS
AND
THE
SKY
.
1
1.1 REPEATING
DAYS
AND
NIGHTS
.
3
1.2 CYCLES
OF
THE
SEASONS
.
4
1.3
EARLY
SKY
WATCHERS
.
4
1.4 WORSHIP
OF
THE
SUN
.
5
1.5 THE
ORDERLY HEAVEN
.
7
1.6 QUESTIONS
TO
THINK
ABOUT
.
9
2
EFFECTS
OF
CELESTIAL
MOTIONS
ON
HUMAN
ACTIVITIES
.
11
2.1
DAILY MOTION
OF
THE
SUN
.
.
12
2.2
THE
ANNUAL
MOTION
OF
THE
SUN
.
12
2.3
THE
SEASONS
.
14
2.4
REGULAR
BUT
NOT
SIMPLE
.
15
2.5
QUESTIONS
TO
THINK
ABOUT
.
15
3
ANCIENT
MODELS
OF
THE
UNIVERSE
.
17
3.1
A
SPHERICAL
HEAVEN
.
17
3.2
CHASING
THE
SHADOWS
.
18
3.3
NOT
ALL
DIRECTIONS
ARE EQUAL
.
18
3.4
PATH
OF
THE
SUN
.
21
3.5
WHERE
DOES
THE
SUN
GO
AT
NIGHT?
.
22
3.6
QUESTIONS
TO
THINK
ABOUT
.
24
4
TURNING
OF
THE
HEAVENS
.
25
4.1
THE
POLE
OF
HEAVEN
.
26
4.2
THE HEAVEN
IS
TILTED
.
29
4.3
A
FREE FLOATING
EARTH
.
31
4.4
QUESTIONS
TO
THINK ABOUT
.
31
A
SPHERICAL
EARTH
.
33
5.1
THE SUN MOVES
IN COMPLETE
CIRCLES
.
33
5.2
A
DIFFERENT SHOW FOR EVERYONE
.
35
XI
K
Y1BLIOTHE
DEUTSCHES
MUSEUM
MUENCHEN
XII
CONTENTS
5.3
EVIDENCE
FOR
A
NON-FLAT
EARTH
.
35
5.4 THE CHANGING HORIZON
.
37
5.5 HOW HIGH CAN
THE
SUN
GO?
.
41
5.6
DIFFERENT LENGTHS
OF
DAYLIGHT
.
42
5.7 POLE STAR
AND
LATITUDE
.
42
5.8 CELESTIAL NAVIGATION
.
44
5.9 ARE THERE STARS
WE CAN'T SEE?
.
46
5.10 SUCCESS
OF
THE
ROUND-EARTH
HYPOTHESIS
.
47
5.11 QUESTIONS
TO
THINK
ABOUT
.
48
6 JOURNEY
OF
THE
SUN
AMONG
THE
STARS
.
49
6.1
THE SUN MOVING
THROUGH
THE
STARS
.
49
6.2
TWO KINDS
OF
MOTION
OF
THE
SUN
.
53
6.3
INCLINATION
OF
THE
ECLIPTIC
.
54
6.4
PLACING STARS
ON
THE
CELESTIAL
SPHERE
.
56
6.5
AN ASYMMETRIC
UNIVERSE
.
58
6.6 QUESTIONS
TO
THINK ABOUT
.
59
7A TWO-SPHERE UNIVERSE
.
61
7.1 AN INNER SPHERE
FOR
HUMANS,
AN
OUTER SPHERE FOR CELESTIAL
OBJECTS
.
61
7.2
THE
ARMILLARY SPHERE
.
63
7.3 ARMILLARY SPHERES
AS
OBSERVING
INSTRUMENTS
.
67
7.4 THE TWO-SPHERE COSMOLOGY
.
67
7.5 QUESTIONS
TO
THINK ABOUT
.
69
8 DANCE
OF
THE
MOON
.
71
8.1 SHIFTING
LOCATIONS
OF
MOONRISE
.
72
8.2
TWO DIFFERENT LENGTHS
OF A
MONTH
.
75
8.3 ECLIPSES
AND
PHASES
OF
THE
MOON
.
77
8.4
SIZE
AND
DISTANCE
TO THE
MOON
.
78
8.5
THE
SELF-SPINNING
MOON
.
80
8.6 QUESTIONS
TO
THINK ABOUT
.
81
9
THE CALENDARS
.
83
9.1
HOW LONG IS
A
YEAR?
.
84
9.2 STAR CALENDAR
.
84
9.3
WHAT DEFINES
A
YEAR?
.
86
9.4
DIFFERENT CALENDARS
AROUND
THE
WORLD
.
87
9.5
REFORM
OF
THE
JULIAN CALENDAR
.
89
9.6
WHAT IS
SO
SPECIAL
ABOUT
A
24-HOUR
DAY?
.
90
9.7 QUESTIONS
TO
THINK
ABOUT
.
91
10 THE
WANDERERS
.
93
10.1 THE TEN PATTERNS
OF
VENUS
.
96
10.2 MARS
AT
OPPOSITION
.
100
CONTENTS
XLLL
10.3 MOVING
BACKWARDS
.
101
10.4
TWO
DIFFERENT
PERIODS
FOR
EACH
PLANET
.
103
10.5 ASTROLOGY
.
106
10.6
PLANETS IN
THE
SCHEME
OF
THE
UNIVERSE
.
108
10.7
QUESTIONS
TO
THINK
ABOUT
.
109
11
THE MYSTERY
OF
UNEVEN
SEASONS
.
111
11.1 IS
THE
EARTH
MOVING?
.
112
11.2
EARTH NOT
EXACTLY
AT
THE
CENTER
.
115
11.3 THE
POLE
IS
MOVING
.
120
11.4
SHIFTS
OF
THE
ZODIAC
SIGNS
.
123
11.5
QUESTIONS
TO
THINK
ABOUT
.
125
12
SIZE
OF
THE
EARTH
.
127
13
14
15
16
17
12.1 FIRST
MEASUREMENT
OF
THE
SIZE
OF
THE
EARTH
.
128
12.2
HOW
FAR AWAY
IS
THE
SUN?
.
130
12.3 REVIVAL
OF A
FLAT
EARTH
.
131
12.4 PRACTICAL
PROOF
THAT
THE
EARTH
IS
ROUND
.
133
12.5 QUESTIONS
TO
THINK
ABOUT
.
134
CYCLES UPON
CYCLES
.
137
13.1
MOVING
IN
CIRCLES
.
137
13.2 THREE
ARTIFICIAL
CONSTRUCTIONS
.
139
13.3 QUESTIONS
TO
THINK
ABOUT
.
142
COSMOLOGY ACCORDING
TO
ARISTOTLE
.
143
14.1
TWO WORLDS
AND
FOUR
ELEMENTS
.
144
14.2
THE
MARRIAGE
OF
COSMOLOGY
AND
RELIGION
.
145
14.3
QUESTIONS
TO
THINK ABOUT
.
147
THE
POST-PTOLEMY
WORLD
.
149
15.1
SIZE
OF
THE
UNIVERSE
ACCORDING
TO
PTOLEMY
.
149
15.2
PASSING
THE
TORCH
TO THE
ISLAMIC
WORLD
.
151
15.3
NOT EVERYTHING
IS
WELL IN
THE
PTOLEMY
UNIVERSE
.
154
15.4
A THOUSAND
YEAR BANDWAGON
.
156
15.5
QUESTIONS
TO
THINK
ABOUT
.
157
THE
COPERNICUS REVOLUTION
.
159
16.1
THE SUN-CENTERED
UNIVERSE
.
161
16.2
HOW FAR AWAY
ARE
THE
PLANETS?
.
165
16.3
SIX BOOKS
ON
THE
REVOLUTIONS
OF
THE
HEAVENLY
SPHERES
.
166
16.4
QUESTIONS
TO
THINK
ABOUT
.
168
DOES
THE
EARTH REALLY
GO AROUND
THE
SUN?
.
169
17.1
THE EQUIVALENCY
OF
THE
GEOCENTRIC
AND
HELIOCENTRIC
MODELS
IN
THEIR SIMPLEST FORMS
.
169
17.2
NEW
EXPLANATIONS
OF
OLD FACTS
.
172
XIV
CONTENTS
17.3 WHAT
COPERNICUS
REALLY
ACCOMPLISHED
.
174
17.4
QUESTIONS
TO
THINK
ABOUT
.
175
18
THE
LEGACY
OF
COPERNICUS
.
177
18.1
A LARGER
UNIVERSE
.
178
18.2
AN INFINITE
UNIVERSE?
.
179
18.3
NO PLACE
FOR
HEAVEN
.
179
18.4
COPERNICUS MEETS
CONFUCIUS
.
182
18.5
WHAT WE
LEARNED
FROM COPERNICUS
.
182
18.6
QUESTIONS
TO
THINK
ABOUT
.
183
19
A NEW STAR
IN
THE
SKY
.
185
19.1
A
NEED
FOR
MORE
ACCURATE
MEASUREMENTS
.
187
19.2
A GEOMETRIC
UNIVERSE
.
189
19.3
THE ROLE
OF
THE
SUN
.
192
19.4
THE WAY
IT IS, RATHER
THAN THE
WAY IT
SHOULD BE
.
194
19.5 MOTIVATION
AND
LEGACY
.
195
19.6
QUESTIONS
TO
THINK
ABOUT
.
196
20
THE IMPERFECT
HEAVEN
.
197
20.1
MORE
STARS
IN
THE
SKY
.
197
20.2
GALILEO'S
PROMOTION
OF
COPERNICUS
.
198
20.3
HOW THINGS
MOVE
.
201
20.4
GALILEO'S EXPLANATION
OF
A
MOVING EARTH
.
202
20.5
QUESTIONS
TO
THINK
ABOUT
.
203
21
UNIFICATION
OF
HEAVEN
AND
EARTH
.
205
21.1 THE
MOON
IS FALLING
.
206
21.2 PREDICTION
OF
FUTURE
SPACE
FLIGHTS
.
207
21.3 A
FORCE WITHOUT
AGENT
.
208
21.4
A PHYSICAL
UNIVERSE
.
209
21.5 QUESTIONS
TO
THINK
ABOUT
.
210
22
EPILOGUE
.
213
APPENDIX
A:
LONGITUDES
AND
LATITUDES
OF
CITIES AROUND
THE
WORLD
.
217
APPENDIX
B: ASTRONOMICAL
MEASUREMENTS
.
219
APPENDIX
C:
HOW LONG
DOES
IT TAKE
FOR
THE
SUN
TO
RISE
AND
SET?.
.-.
221
APPENDIX
D: HOW
LONG
IS
A
DAY?
.
223
APPENDIX
E:
WHAT TIME
IS NOON?
.
225
APPENDIX
F:
HOW FAR CAN
WE SEE?
.
227
CONTENTS
XV
APPENDIX
G:
DECREASE
OF
THE
OBLIQUITY
OF
THE
ECLIPTIC
.
229
APPENDIX
H:
SYNODIC
AND
SIDEREAL
PERIODS
.
231
APPENDIX
I:
MODERN EVIDENCE
FOR
THE
ROUNDNESS
OF
THE
EARTH
.
233
APPENDIX
J:
MODERN EVIDENCE
FOR
THE
ROTATION
AND
REVOLUTION
OF
THE
EARTH
.
235
APPENDIX
K:
ESCAPE FROM EARTH
.
237
APPENDIX
L:
TRAVEL
TO THE
PLANETS
.
239
REVIEW
EXERCISES
.
241
LABORATORY
EXERCISES
.
249
GLOSSARY
.
255
FURTHER
READING
.
261
INDEX
.
263 |
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