Episode 3.6: The Geometer's Universe
Mar 06, 2016•1 hr 2 min•Season 3Ep. 11
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Episode description
A look at Greek astronomy from the time of Hesiod and Homer to the spherical model of Aristotle. The writings of Thales, Empedocles, the Pythagoreans and Plato are considered before moving to the sphere's of Eudoxus and Callipus and the synthesis of physics and astronomy by the tutor of Alexander the Great.
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