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A historical journey through the Early Modern period

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67: The Music of the Spheres: Kepler's Mystical Journey to Scientific Revolution
March 25, 2025

67: The Music of the Spheres: Kepler's Mystical Journey to Scientific Revolution

Send Me A Text Message In this episode, we explore the remarkable story of Johannes Kepler, the 17th-century astronomer whose unique blend of mathematical genius and mystical vision forever changed our understanding of the co...
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66: Measuring the Heavens: Tycho Brahe and the Birth of Observational Astronomy
March 11, 2025

66: Measuring the Heavens: Tycho Brahe and the Birth of Observational Astronomy

Send Me A Text Message In the decades following Copernicus's publication of his heliocentric model in 1543, European astronomy stood at a critical juncture. While mathematically elegant, the sun-centered system failed to pred...
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65: Before Galileo: The Half-Century When Heliocentrism Infiltrated European Thought
Feb. 26, 2025

65: Before Galileo: The Half-Century When Heliocentrism Infiltrated European Thought

Send Me A Text Message In this episode, we explore the fascinating but often overlooked period between 1543-1600, when Copernicus's revolutionary heliocentric model began reshaping European thought through unexpected channels...
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64: Unseating Earth: Rheticus, Copernicus, and
Feb. 11, 2025

64: Unseating Earth: Rheticus, Copernicus, and "On the Revolutions"

Send Me A Text Message In the spring of 1539, a brilliant 25-year-old mathematician named Georg Joachim Rheticus did something that could have cost him his life: he crossed into Catholic territory where his Lutheran faith was...
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63: The Reluctant Revolutionary: A Mind in Motion, A Life in Balance
Jan. 28, 2025

63: The Reluctant Revolutionary: A Mind in Motion, A Life in Balance

Send Me A Text Message This episode explores the remarkable story of Nicolaus Copernicus, a cautious church administrator whose revolutionary ideas about the cosmos emerged through decades of patient observation and calculati...
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62: The Transformation of Medieval Astronomy: Islamic and Christian Contributions
Jan. 9, 2025

62: The Transformation of Medieval Astronomy: Islamic and Christian Contributions

Send Me A Text Message Medieval astronomy represents a fascinating chapter in scientific history that challenges traditional narratives about the so-called "Dark Ages." During this period, two distinct but complementary intel...
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Recent Blog Posts

Photos of Frombork Cathedral
Jan. 28, 2025

Photos of Frombork Cathedral

        The Copernicus Tower  

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Maps of East Prussia and the Bishopric of Warmia
Jan. 28, 2025

Maps of East Prussia and the Bishopric of Warmia

   

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Tusi Couple
Jan. 8, 2025

Tusi Couple

 Tusi couple - 13th century CE sketch by Nasir al-Din Tusi. Generates a linear motion as a sum of two circular motions. Invented for Tusi's planetary model.   An animated model of a Tusi couple

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