by owlice » Sun May 20, 2012 8:51 am
The Great Debate, Part II: How Mistakes Can Correct Each Other
Presenter: Dr. Giuseppe Longo
Department of Physics, University of Napoli Federico III
Audio (MP3, 53Mb)
In this second talk, Dr. Longo describes what happened during the Galaxy Debate, when the two champions of the prevailing schools of thought presented.
First presented in Second Life in February, 2011.
Dr. Longo will answer a selection of questions posted by June 3, 2012.
A PDF of the slides can be downloaded
here. (1.6Mb)
Files also available here:
http://www.mica-vw.org/wiki/index.php/T ... er,_Part_2
Additional resources
The 1920 Shapley-Curtis Discussion: Background, Issues, and Aftermath by Virginia Trimble
The 'Great Debate': What Really Happened by Michael A. Hoskin, Editor, Journal for the History of Astronomy
'Great Debate' Review and History by Robert J. Nemiroff and Jerry T. Bonnell
Wikipedia article about The Great Debate
Other debates in astronomy
[size=120][b]The Great Debate, Part II: How Mistakes Can Correct Each Other[/b][/size]
[b]Presenter: Dr. Giuseppe Longo[/b]
Department of Physics, University of Napoli Federico III
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[url=http://asterisk.apod.com/library/seminars/MICA%20files/MICA_GreatDebate_II_Longo_26_Feb_2011.mp3]Audio[/url] (MP3, 53Mb)
In this second talk, Dr. Longo describes what happened during the Galaxy Debate, when the two champions of the prevailing schools of thought presented.
[i]First presented in Second Life in February, 2011.[/i]
Dr. Longo will answer a selection of questions posted by June 3, 2012.
A PDF of the slides can be downloaded [url=http://asterisk.apod.com/library/seminars/MICA%20files/MICA_GreatDebate_II_Longo_26_Feb_2011.pdf]here[/url]. (1.6Mb)
Files also available here: http://www.mica-vw.org/wiki/index.php/The_Great_Debate:_How_Mistakes_Can_Correct_Each_Other,_Part_2
[b]Additional resources[/b]
[url=http://adsbit.harvard.edu/cgi-bin/nph-iarticle_query?1995PASP..107.1133T]The 1920 Shapley-Curtis Discussion: Background, Issues, and Aftermath[/url] by Virginia Trimble
[url=http://apod.nasa.gov/diamond_jubilee/1920/cs_real.html]The 'Great Debate': What Really Happened[/url] by Michael A. Hoskin, Editor, Journal for the History of Astronomy
[url=http://atropos.as.arizona.edu/aiz/teaching/a204/shapley_curtis.html]'Great Debate' Review and History[/url] by Robert J. Nemiroff and Jerry T. Bonnell
[url=http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Great_Debate]Wikipedia article about The Great Debate[/url]
[url=http://apod.nasa.gov/diamond_jubilee/debate.html]Other debates in astronomy[/url]