Alternative Solar Systems

November 20, 2008

Alternative Solar Systems

After reviewing some information on historical cosmology for Deron’s sake, I stumbled upon a java app that allows you to examine and compare the early solar system models of Ptolemy, Copernicus, and Brahe. The interface and design are terrible, but it gets the job done.

posted by Andrew Simone in history, science, web sites | * | 2 comments

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Deron Bauman on November 20th, 2008 at 11:43 am

gracias. do they have a Sarah Palin cosmology?
Andrew Simone on November 20th, 2008 at 12:12 pm

Yes, I think she might be the center of it.

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