Astronomy

learned grammar and mathematics, but he liked to build mechanical toys. 1574, was the year Galileo and his family moved to Florence, Italy and he had to go to school for the first time. He learned about Religion, Latin, Mathematics, Physics, and Astronomy (Goldsmith,2001).…

Without The Renaissance, Where Would We Be? Although many people think the Renaissance period is simply an era of rebirth, it ultimately shaped the world into what we know today. What is the significant effect of the Renaissance? P.J. O’Rourke stated “Not much was really invented during the Renaissance, if you don’t count modern civilization.” This statement refers to the vast amount of advances made during the period. The long-lasting achievements in technology, science, mathematics, geography…

differences, astrophysicists and astronomers are quite similar. Astrophysicists, however, tend to apply physics to their work more often than not, hence the title, “astrophysicist” (curious.astro.cornell.edu). Astrophysics isn’t a new thing. In fact, astronomy and astrophysics…

There are different meanings for each word that is said in a language. Especially the English language. While Precession may have been looked at as angles of torque for physics or body mechanics; in astronomy precession refers to any of several slow changes in an astronomical body's rotational or orbital parameters. An example would be the steady change in the orientation of the axis of rotation of the Earth. How the earth rotates and what angle it is at changes many things. The sky we see today…

Astrology includes several areas of foresight which are based on the principle that there is a relationship between astronomical occurrence and events around the world. Astrology is generally compatible with Islam as it deals with the relative influence of the sun and moon on earth and studying personality traits. However there are a few aspects in astrology that do not reconcile with Islamic teachings such as the influence of the heavenly bodies on humans and prediction of future events.…

During the Scientific Revolution, new discoveries in astronomy sparked the interest of scientists leading to further development to future ideas. Before the 1500s, civilization had concluded that the theory of a geocentric system, originally proposed by Claudius Ptolemy in 140 AD, was accurate. The Geocentric Theory is the belief that Earth is the center of the Universe and everything revolves around it (chuckfarlieAUS). Although in the 16th and 17th century, there was a rapid succession of new…

Galileo got a teaching position at the University of Padua and there he taught geometry and astronomy. In 1600, he met the woman who would be the mother of his kids, a Venetian woman named Marina Gamba. Albeit they did not get married to each other, they had two daughters, named Virginia and Livia, and a son of a named Vincenzo. Four years after…

astronomer stuff and figuring out information. But she also tried out for a job of teaching and training workshops. Was it just for being an astronomer workshop? I highly doubt that situation because not everything in her life just depended on astronomies stuff. Most people see her as just this astronomer that knows about binary stars. But that is not all. She is also a very understanding guider through anything or any situation. Even through tough times and even good…

nearby objects. To have a deeper understanding of this serious subject, I had an opportunity to interview Prof. Andrea Ghez from the Department of Physics and Astronomy at UCLA. Dr. Ghez has been serving as the Director of the Galactic Centre Group, at UCLA for the last nine years and is working in the department of Physics and Astronomy where she teaches students on subjects ranging from star formation to the black hole at the center of our galaxy. She received her undergraduate degree in…

BIOGRAPHICAL ESSAY: GALILEO GALILEI Galileo Galilei was born on February 15, 1564 in Pisa, Italy as the first child out of six. His father was Vincenzo Galilei who was a music theorist, composer, and lutenist, and his mother was named Giulia Ammannati. In 1574, his family moved to Florence where he began his education formally. He began studying music when he enrolled at the University of Pisa in 1581, but soon went down the track of mathematics. Just two years later, Galileo would make…