Tracking Planet Positions and Conjunctions [efilm]
2018
Streaming Video
Until the invention of the telescope in 1610, astronomy was mostly the study of the sky positions of the Sun, Moon, and planets. Learn the extraordinary precision attained by ancient astronomers in their observations. Discover why they prized this knowledge, and also uncover a lost great discovery of the Babylonians.
Author:
The Great Courses (Firm), distributorKanopy (Firm), distributor
Imprint:
The Great Courses, 2017.[San Francisco, California, USA] : Kanopy Streaming, 2018.
Collation:
1 online resource (streaming video file) (32 minutes): digital, .flv file, sound
Notes:
Title from title frames.FilmIn Process Record.Originally produced by The Great Courses in 2017.In English
Performers:
Bradley E. Schaefer
System details:
Mode of access: World Wide Web.
Language:
English
BRN:
543166
Electronic access: