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Post #AobnLwGcyD3wBQzbbU by [email protected] |
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If fundamental physics were making big progress, I'd be all over it - that&… |
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@johncarlosbaez Anaxagoras (c. 500 BC) told the Moon was cold and reflecting th… |
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Post #Aobp3VUly6IlqcwopE by [email protected] |
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@johncarlosbaez At least we have observations we can't explain. Back when I… |
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Post #Aobpk4mPAjSBRWUfC4 by [email protected] |
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@johncarlosbaez I wonder what is Orbis Elementorum. And the fact that the orbit… |
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@bert_hubert - yes, if I were doing observational astrophysics and cosmology I&… |
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Post #AobqH7rui0L8ZxpUki by [email protected] |
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@johncarlosbaez Also don't forget the Islamic Golden Age where some studied… |
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@thebluewizard - yes, I've been studying a bit of Arabic and Persian work -… |
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Post #AobqWWEEQB2gTRbmzI by [email protected] |
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@johncarlosbaez I'd be very interested to hear your opinion on why fundamen… |
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As an addition: Although the "idea of 'instantaneous velocity'&quo… |
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Post #AobqYaPfpmFa1zwjaq by [email protected] |
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@simsa03 - I love Oresme! Heytesbury gave a *verbal* proof of the Mean Speed T… |
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Post #Aobshbbsx9F2G45R68 by [email protected] |
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@johncarlosbaez Is instantenous speed a central example here? I'm asking be… |
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Post #AobtFrkVSGBI9sSJQ8 by [email protected] |
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@johncarlosbaez Mercury and Venus orbiting the Sun makes so much sense! It woul… |
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@johncarlosbaez If you want to eventually branch out, I recommend Science and C… |
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Post #AobyoxSuh3ElnEmNVY by [email protected] |
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@johncarlosbaez One guy whom I found out about recently is John Philoponus (&qu… |
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@johncarlosbaez @simsa03 Yes, #Oresme was quite interesting. I know him for two… |
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Post #Aoc15rmTHVeyzh7Lqy by [email protected] |
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@johncarlosbaez Okay, checking his dates via wiki, I find he was more a sixth-c… |
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Post #Aoc15rtCsT31KaGjLs by [email protected] |
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@korydg - cool! I will check out his work. |
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Post #Aoc31dsFFEg4c2voq8 by [email protected] |
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@johncarlosbaez One thing I've learned in the modest efforts I've made … |
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@GustavinoBevilacqua - I want to learn more details of how Greek physics was lo… |
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Post #Aoc8mTD5D5Rgv7pLGK by [email protected] |
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@johncarlosbaez This is rather interesting. I often feel that history is writte… |
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Post #Aoc9bp8vQJzriGMypc by [email protected] |
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@ajsteinmetz.com - yes, I think we have many or all the clues we need, and I… |
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@MartinEscardo - it's as if we cheer the fireworks but ignore the people wh… |
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@johncarlosbaez wait why only Mercury and Venus? That's super interesting |
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Post #AocAc6F7wi62hZxx2W by [email protected] |
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@johncarlosbaez I assume you know @rmathematicus and his blog (in particular th… |
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@timhenke @johncarlosbaez Maybe because unlike the other planets, Venus and Mer… |
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@juergensoergel @timhenke - yes, Mercury and Venus have long been called "… |
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@johncarlosbaez What sort of materials are there that give us a record back so … |
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Post #AocQBpPJW5vEDyE29Q by [email protected] |
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@JosephTLapp wrote: "What sort of materials are there that give us a recor… |
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Post #AocR2ZJM5m8HeQaRqy by [email protected] |
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@johncarlosbaez True. We need to "uncover" more history in various ar… |
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Post #AocR2ZQRfPnu0Pu6u8 by [email protected] |
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@thebluewizard - for a good Indian mathematician, check out Brahmagupta (598 �… |
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@johncarlosbaez @juergensoergel I seem to recall there was a Greek mathematicia… |
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@timhenke @juergensoergel - People tend to say Aristarchus had a heliocentric c… |
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@johncarlosbaez @juergensoergel Makes sense! Very cool ^^ |
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@j_bertolotti @rmathematicus - yes, this is a delightful blog and I should read… |
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@robinadams - I've given a talk arguing that so-called fundamental physics … |
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@johncarlosbaez "instantaneous velocity" is an incredibly difficult c… |
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@timhenke - it looks like Aristarchu's original heliocentric text was lost … |
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@johncarlosbaez To me it sounds like he's saying "The distance of the … |
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@johncarlosbaez @GustavinoBevilacqua A book I liked recently on Anaxagoras'… |
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@abecedarius - thanks! I had guessed you were talking about my friend Carlo Ro… |
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@timhenke - yeah, that's how it seems to read to me too, but it's hard … |
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@johncarlosbaez @GustavinoBevilacqua He seemed skeptical of Rovelli's take … |
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@johncarlosbaez @bert_hubert regarding dark matter: besides mond, I remember he… |
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@D3Reo - this class of theories is called MOND or Modified Newtonian Dynamics. … |
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@johncarlosbaez @D3Reo @startswithabang still, we live in GLORIOUS times that w… |
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@bert_hubert - It's glorious, I agree! But if you have a job trying to fi… |
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@johncarlosbaez @bert_hubert @startswithabang i had in mind something like squa… |
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@johncarlosbaez Really interesting dive into early history of physics in Europe… |
