The Last Naked-eye Astronomer
Channel: Deba Ranjan
Date: 2019-02-08

The Siddhantic astronomers were the eyes of the world when there was no telescope. Aryabhatta and Barahamihira were the pioneer of Siddhantic tradition. Samanta Chandrasekhar, born in 1834 CE in a remote village of Odisha, was engaged in his research on astronomy and mathematics in that tradition of siddhantic astronomers. His great innovation was Manayantra – an instrument to measure height and distance of any immovable body.  In the row of astronomers, he was the last Siddhantic, the naked-eye astronomer. 

Language : Odia (English subtitle)
Duration : 60 minutes
Director : Deba Ranjan
Producer & Script: Dr. Sudhira Panda
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