[Physics 10 Series] The Ancient models of the Universe
Channel: Sir Johnrob - Physics Videos
Date: 2020-10-01

Physics 10 Series (M2P1). Here, I discuss the first of the few series of talks answering the question "How did we come to realize that the Earth is NOT the center of the Universe?". This is based on the many years of teaching Physics 10. Parts of the lecture is derived from the original lectures of Prof. Jose Perico Esguerra.

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USEFUL REFERENCES and LINKS:
Scales of the Universe: https://htwins.net/scale2/
Stephen Barr. A Student’s Guide to Natural Science (1st Edition, ISBN-13: 978-1932236927; ISBN-10: 1932236929) — A concise introduction to scientific history and ideas, with a special emphasis on physics and astronomy. There’s a Kindle version online. https://www.amazon.com/Students-Natural-Science-Guides-Disciplines-ebook-dp-B00LMPBAKQ/dp/B00LMPBAKQ
The Galileo Affair reading (9 Sections): Michael Flynn, “The Great Ptolemaic Smackdown” http://tofspot.blogspot.com/2013/08/the-great-ptolemaic-smackdown.html
Reading online on “Astronomy from Aristotle to Newton” — https://www.atnf.csiro.au/outreach//education/senior/cosmicengine/historicalastro_links.html
Proof that the Earth rotates on its own axis : SciShows — https://youtu.be/65nosFGJ1lo; Dartmouth College — https://youtu.be/aMxLVDuf4VY; Kurtis Baute — https://youtu.be/se84vG6bzoA
Online book (free) on the cosmos — Provides a brief reading on the “Models of the Universe” as Chapter 3 and on “The Limitations of Science” in Chapter 30 — http://www.thestargarden.co.uk/Science-space.html
Prof. Cohen (Univ. of Washington) webpage on a summary notes of Plato’s World of Forms and Cosmology from Plato’s Timeaus — https://faculty.washington.edu/smcohen/320/timaeus.htm
Origins of ancient constellations — A research article claiming that astrology developed alongside astronomy, rather than the other way around. Astronomy has been there even before astrology became popular — John H. Rogers, Origins of ancient constellations: II. Mideterranian traditions (1998) J. Br. Astron. Assoc. 108(2):pp79-89 — http://articles.adsabs.harvard.edu//full/1998JBAA..108...79R/0000079.000.html 

A video from LiveScience site describing retrograde motion and its modern explanation:  https://www.livescience.com/63059-mars-retrograde-explainer.html.
The animation showing how the Ptolemaic model succeeded the model of Plato as perfected by Aristotle: https://youtu.be/wGjlT3XHb9A. The Ptolemaic model starts around 2:00 mark.
An animated presentation of these four basic devices employed in the Ptolemaic system is found here: https://www.britannica.com/video/23882/Ptolemy-theory-solar-system

The Homer Simpson orbit via epicycles https://youtu.be/QVuU2YCwHjw and the detailed mathematical explanation by Mathologer: https://youtu.be/qS4H6PEcCCA .