The World Around Us #27
☆ Be the first to review + Add to your collection — Join freeIn "The Highest Mountain," Norman Nodel’s evocative art brings to life the ancient quest to understand the cosmos, tracing humanity’s evolving grasp of celestial motion from Ptolemy’s epicycles to Copernicus’s revolutionary model and Kepler’s groundbreaking insight into elliptical orbits—each step a testament to curiosity and the relentless pursuit of truth.
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In ancient and prehistoric times, people puzzle over Mars and its movements. Ptolemy proposes an epicyclical motion, which Copernicus vastly improves to a model of circular motion. Kepler finally demonstrates the correct elliptical motion.
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