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Astronomy of the Early Modern Era
This research area studies turning points in the history of modern astronomy in Copernicus and Kepler.
Kepler/Copernicus
The transformation of the geocentrical to the heliocentrical cosmology evolved during a long period of time. In the first period in early medieval tim
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By combining two earlier traditions, Copernicus formulated a heliocentrical variant of Arabic predecessor models –a variant that resulted in the rapid
Ptolemy’s Geography
Ptolemy’s Geography (second century CE) contains a catalog where localities are listed with their geographical coordinates, as well as concrete instru
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The research project investigates the genesis of Ptolemy’s geographical catalog of places, in particular by considering its structure and the relation
Ptolemy’s Astronomy
Did Ptolemy—as he claims––catalogue his own star observations in the Almagest, or were the coordinates measured more than two hundred years ago by Hip
Medieval Astronomical Diagrams
Early medieval manuscripts of only four authors (Pliny, Macrobius, Martianus Capella, Calcidius) carried late Roman astronomical knowledge to the cent
Ancient Babylonian Astronomy
The first complex and at the same time empirically exact scientific theories date back to the year 2000 BC. A series of projects investigated the inte
Cold Nuclear Fusion
In spring 1989, two research teams attracted the attention of researchers and the public: they seemed to have succeeded to conduct the fusion of light
Heuristical Strategies: In Pursuit of Quasars
A fruitful test for theoretical approaches in the field of philosophy of science is to apply them to individual scientific research projects. At which