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Sunday, September 4, 2022
Armillary Spheres
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The "wooden terrestrial spheres" mentioned here are what we now call "armillary spheres." An armillary is a spherical a...
Friday, March 29, 2019
The Theory of Impetus
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1582 woodcut demonstrating impetus with artillery Impetus is the force or energy with which a body started to move. The term itself ent...
Sunday, December 9, 2012
Defeating Eternity
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How long has the universe existed? Has it been around forever? Did it have a beginning? Could it have a beginning? These questions troubl...
Tuesday, December 4, 2012
Pre-Inertia
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Expositio & questiones manuscript Jean Buridan (c.1300-c.1361) was a University of Paris scholar who was not afraid to tackle some ...
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