Comments on: Nicolaus Copernicus’ DNA http://www.clusterflock.org/2008/11/nicolaus-copernicus-dna.html a site about everything Tue, 14 Feb 2012 02:09:17 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 By: Andrew Simone http://www.clusterflock.org/2008/11/nicolaus-copernicus-dna.html/comment-page-1#comment-292049 Andrew Simone Thu, 20 Nov 2008 18:51:14 +0000 http://www.clusterflock.org/?p=15179#comment-292049 It's times like this that I feel like my liberal arts education payed off. Obviously, there aren't many times like these. It’s times like this that I feel like my liberal arts education payed off. Obviously, there aren’t many times like these.

]]> By: Andrew Simone http://www.clusterflock.org/2008/11/nicolaus-copernicus-dna.html/comment-page-1#comment-291993 Andrew Simone Thu, 20 Nov 2008 18:15:40 +0000 http://www.clusterflock.org/?p=15179#comment-291993 All true. His bladder exploded, I believe, because he didn't want to be rude and leave the table. All true. His bladder exploded, I believe, because he didn’t want to be rude and leave the table.

]]> By: Daryl Scroggins http://www.clusterflock.org/2008/11/nicolaus-copernicus-dna.html/comment-page-1#comment-291975 Daryl Scroggins Thu, 20 Nov 2008 17:07:53 +0000 http://www.clusterflock.org/?p=15179#comment-291975 Yep--Tycho and the golden nose. And didn't he die because his bladder exploded at a party? Something like that. And as I recall, it was his meticulous observations that produced many advances in knowledge made by others. Kepler, for instance. Yep–Tycho and the golden nose. And didn’t he die because his bladder exploded at a party? Something like that. And as I recall, it was his meticulous observations that produced many advances in knowledge made by others. Kepler, for instance.

]]> By: Alternative Solar Systems : clusterflock http://www.clusterflock.org/2008/11/nicolaus-copernicus-dna.html/comment-page-1#comment-291973 Alternative Solar Systems : clusterflock Thu, 20 Nov 2008 17:06:06 +0000 http://www.clusterflock.org/?p=15179#comment-291973 [...] 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 [...] [...] 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 [...]

]]> By: Andrew Simone http://www.clusterflock.org/2008/11/nicolaus-copernicus-dna.html/comment-page-1#comment-291969 Andrew Simone Thu, 20 Nov 2008 16:45:05 +0000 http://www.clusterflock.org/?p=15179#comment-291969 Yep. I am familiar with Bruno. And, now that my memory is coming back to me, Copernicus just really hated <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Equant" rel="nofollow">Equants</a>. Speaking of historical characters in astronomy, have you heard of Tycho Brahe? Dude was an original pimp, by my reckoning, because he had a <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tycho_Brahe#Tycho.27s_nose" rel="nofollow">golden nose</a> Yep. I am familiar with Bruno.

And, now that my memory is coming back to me, Copernicus just really hated Equants.

Speaking of historical characters in astronomy, have you heard of Tycho Brahe? Dude was an original pimp, by my reckoning, because he had a golden nose

]]> By: Daryl Scroggins http://www.clusterflock.org/2008/11/nicolaus-copernicus-dna.html/comment-page-1#comment-291958 Daryl Scroggins Thu, 20 Nov 2008 16:16:37 +0000 http://www.clusterflock.org/?p=15179#comment-291958 You're right, Andrew. Copernicus lived in a time when the earth was seen as the center of the universe, and the change he assisted was the move from a geocentric to a heliocentric view of--the universe. There were other early scholars, though, who had a view closer to ours--such as Giordano Bruno who was burnt at the stake by the Roman Inquisition largely for his view that there was a plurality of worlds--that the stars were like our sun, with planets orbiting them and creatures living on them (1548--1600). You’re right, Andrew. Copernicus lived in a time when the earth was seen as the center of the universe, and the change he assisted was the move from a geocentric to a heliocentric view of–the universe. There were other early scholars, though, who had a view closer to ours–such as Giordano Bruno who was burnt at the stake by the Roman Inquisition largely for his view that there was a plurality of worlds–that the stars were like our sun, with planets orbiting them and creatures living on them (1548–1600).

]]> By: Andrew Simone http://www.clusterflock.org/2008/11/nicolaus-copernicus-dna.html/comment-page-1#comment-291915 Andrew Simone Thu, 20 Nov 2008 15:37:35 +0000 http://www.clusterflock.org/?p=15179#comment-291915 It has been some time since my historical cosmology studies, but "universe" might be right, Deron. If I recall correctly (again, I may be wrong here), all Copernicus was trying to do was simplify the Math not debunk the Ptolemaic theories of the Solar System being the center of the universe. It has been some time since my historical cosmology studies, but “universe” might be right, Deron. If I recall correctly (again, I may be wrong here), all Copernicus was trying to do was simplify the Math not debunk the Ptolemaic theories of the Solar System being the center of the universe.

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