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Podcasts: History of Astronomy Parts 1 & 2
Universe Today - 12 May 2010

Astronomy Cast: History of Astronomy

Episode 183: Part 1, Ancient Astronomy
We know you love a good series. This time we're going to walk you through the history of astronomy, starting with the ancient astronomers and leading right up to the most recent discoveries. Today we're going to start at the beginning, with the astronomers who first tried to understand the true nature of the Earth, the planets and our place in the cosmos.
Episode 184: Part 2, The Greeks
With the earliest astronomers out of the way, we now move to one of the most productive eras in astronomy; the ancient Greeks. Even though they didn't have telescopes, the Greeks worked out the size and shape of the Earth, the distance to the Moon and Sun, and even had some accurate ideas about our place in the Universe.

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Podcast: History of Astronomy, Part 3: The Renaissance
Universe Today - 31 May 2010

Ep. 185: History of Astronomy, Part 3: The Renaissance
Now we reach time with names that many of you will be familiar: Galileo, Kepler, Copernicus. This is an age when the biggest names in astronomy used the best tools of their time to completely rearrange their understanding of the Universe, putting the Earth where it belonged – merely orbiting the Sun, and not the center of everything.
Podcast: History of Astronomy, Part 4: The Beginning of Modern Astronomy
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Ep. 186: History of Astronomy, Part 4: The Beginning of Modern Astronomy
With our proper place in the Universe worked out, and some powerful telescopes to probe the cosmos, astronomers started making some real progress. The next few hundred years was a time of constant refinement, with astronomers discovering new planets, new moons, and developing new theories in astronomy and physics.

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