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Wednesday’s Book Review: “Theories of the World: From Antiquity to the Copernican Revolution”

Posted on May 21, 2014 by launiusr

Theories of the World: From Antiquity to the Copernican Revolution. By Michael J. Crowe. Mineola, NY: Dover Publications, 2001. This is a classic textbook that does not look like a textbook. It presents the evolution of cosmology in western thought … Continue reading →

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Exoplanets: The Kepler-62 System Compared to Our Solar System

Posted on May 10, 2013 by launiusr

This is so cool. This graphic diagram comes courtesy of the stunning Kepler mission searching for extra-solar planets. Here is the description of this poster: The diagram compares the planets of the inner solar system to Kepler-62, a five-planet system … Continue reading →

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