Astronomy: Myth and Science

He produced attempts to explain the science of the universe.

He established a school in Croton and promoted the idea of a cosmos in which bodies move in perfect spheres.

In his On the Heavens, he outlined an Earth-centered model of the universe. Many of his ideas will dominate thinking for 2,000 years.

In this writing of Aristotle, he outlined an Earth-centered model of the universe.

He proposes a sun-centered model of the universe, but his concept is not widely accepted.

He calculated the distance to the sun by measuring the circumference of the Earth.

He wrote the Almagest, setting out an Earth-centered model of the universe that which are widely accepted.

An Indian astronomer, claims that the stars move across the sky because the Earth rotates..

He creates a work that criticizes the complexity of the Ptolemaic model of the universe.

He made Arabic texts, including the Almagest, which made it accessible in Europe and translated them to Latin.

A Chinese astronomer, he determined the length of the solar year with precision.

A Mongol Rule, corrected many of the postions of stars found in the Almagest.

His book De revolutionibus orbium coelestium is published, outlining a sun-centered cosmos.

This book of Copernicus outlined a sun-centered cosmos.

He was the first in a long line of philosophers who believed that logical reasoning could reveal the immutable laws of nature.

He was was a student of Plato, and both shared Pythagoras' ideas, which held that the natural world was a "cosmos" as opposed to a "chaos."

Aristotle claimed that the ______ are perfect and unchanging, but he also supported ideas that made "common sense" sense.

Ptolemy compiled the ultimate compendium of Greek astronomy.

Astronomers from China, the Arab world, and Japan documented the _______, which created the well-known Crab nebula in the constellation Taurus.

In 740 CE, _____ grew into an important learning center for the Islamic world.

Gerard of Cremona made Arabic texts, including the Almagest, which made it accessible in Europe and translated them to Latin.

Anaximander of Miletus produced attempts to explain the science of the universe.

Pythagoras established a school in Croton and promoted the idea of a cosmos in which bodies move in perfect spheres.

In his On the Heavens, Aristotle outlined an Earth-centered model of the universe.

Aristarchus of Samos proposes a sun-centered model of the universe, but his concept is not widely accepted.

Eratothenes of Alexandriab calculated the distance to the sun by measuring the circumference of the Earth.

Guo Shoujing, a Chinese astronomer, he determined the length of the solar year with precision.

Ulugh Beg, a Mongol Rule, corrected many of the postions of stars found in the Almagest.

Nicolaus Copernicus: His book De revolutionibus orbium coelestium is published, outlining a sun-centered cosmos.