31.04 Astronomy in God's Own Country - The 1500s

Apr 10, 2023 · 22m 15s
31.04 Astronomy in God's Own Country - The 1500s
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I am continuing the look at the history of astronomy in Yorkshire. This podcast will be looking at the 1500s. Some of the charcters include Joihn Field who was the...

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I am continuing the look at the history of astronomy in Yorkshire. This podcast will be looking at the 1500s. Some of the charcters include Joihn Field who was the first Englishman to support the ideas of Copernicus, Sir Henry Savile who created the post of the Savalian professorship of Astronomy at Oxford, one of the most prestigous positions in astronomy today and Henry Briggs who introdued the log table to mathematics
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Author Martin Lunn
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