Analogies in Astronomy and Physics
Channel: Auke Slotegraaf
Date: 01/11/2012

Presented by Case Rijsdijk at the ASSA Symposium, 2012 October 14, at SAAO in Cape Town.
Both astronomy and physics often have to deal complex concepts and one way to address this problem is by using analogies. However, many of these frequently require a high level of prior knowledge, reducing, or even nullifying, the analogy's effectiveness. In addition it needs to be understood that any analogy serves a limited purpose: it cannot be extended beyond its intended objective. This will use some well-known, not so well-known and new analogies in astronomy and physics using usually understood prior knowledge.
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