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100 1  Arnold, Jack,|d1944- 
245 10 Astronomy :|bthe heavenly challenge|h[Hoopla electronic 
       resource]. 
250    Unabridged. 
264  1 [United States] :|bBlackstone Publishing,|c2006. 
264  2 |bMade available through hoopla 
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511 1  Read by Edwin Newman. 
520    Astronomy is perhaps the oldest science. The ancients saw 
       cosmic meanings in the stars, and they organized their 
       lives around lunar and solar cycles (i.e. the month and 
       year). They also observed the solstices, the equinoxes, 
       and of course the four seasons. Over many centuries the 
       "precession of the equinoxes" corrupted Julius Caesar's 
       ancient calendar (the Julian calendar); in 1586 it was 
       replaced with the Gregorian calendar, which features the 
       system of leap years we know today. Aristotle's earth-
       centered ("geocentric") system of crystalline spheres 
       dominated astronomy for 2000 years. Aristarchus in 270 
       B.C. was ahead of his time in suggesting that the sun is 
       at the center of the universe, and that the earth spins 
       like a top. Eratosthenes (ca. 200 B.C.) calculated the 
       size of the earth; Hipparchus (2nd century B.C.) 
       calculated the distance to the moon and established a 
       system of latitudes and longitudes. Ptolemy (1st century 
       A.D.) published the great compilation of astronomical 
       knowledge (the Almagest), and he offered the epicycle 
       theory to explain new observations not explained by the 
       geocentric theory of the universe. In 1543, the Polish 
       astronomer Nicolaus Copernicus overturned the geocentric 
       theory by publishing a book on his heliocentric (sun-
       centered) theory. Johannes Kepler soon joined the great 
       astronomer Tycho Brahe, systematizing Tycho's observations
       with calculations proving that orbits are elliptical. 
       Kepler also established his three great laws of celestial 
       motion. Galileo improved the telescope and discovered many
       new astronomical features; his work publicly discredited 
       the geocentric doctrine, leading to the famous recantation
       forced upon him by the church. Galileo's celestial and 
       terrestrial discoveries laid the foundation for the great 
       advances and discoveries of Isaac Newton. 
538    Mode of access: World Wide Web. 
650  0 Astronomy|xHistory. 
650  0 Astronomy, Medieval. 
650  0 Astronomy, Renaissance. 
650  0 Science|xHistory. 
700 1  Newman, Edwin.|4nrt 
700 1  Sommer, Jack. 
700 1  Hassell, Mike. 
710 2  hoopla digital. 
830  0 Audio classics series. 
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