From what I … From what I remember, Kepler worked with Tycho Brahe, who had made decades of very careful and detailed observations of Mars. He had to wait for Tycho to die because he wouldn’t share his data.
Thats 1 smart mofo. … Thats 1 smart mofo. How the did he figure that out w/o a telescope? Now people are to busy trying to pay bills/housing etc. Life sucks then you die.
You gotta go big if you want a place in history. life on earth is goin dew south.
No, this isn’t an … No, this isn’t an overstatement, in that Kepler is the first to understand that planets move at variable speeds in elliptical (non-circular) orbits. All the complexity of the older models (epicycles, deferents, equants) was washed away with the mathematical simplicity (and improved accuracy) of his three laws.
Very good video… … Very good video… is Sagan over stating when he says Kepler is “the first in the human species to understand correctly and quantitatively how the planets move” when Sumerian archeology has produced glyphs of the planets orbiting the sun?
Carl Sagan explains Kepler’s laws of planetary motion.
March 6th, 2010 at 2:25 pm
Great video… …
Great video… anyone know what episode of Cosmos is was from?
March 6th, 2010 at 2:25 pm
From what I …
From what I remember, Kepler worked with Tycho Brahe, who had made decades of very careful and detailed observations of Mars. He had to wait for Tycho to die because he wouldn’t share his data.
March 6th, 2010 at 2:25 pm
Thats 1 smart mofo. …
Thats 1 smart mofo. How the did he figure that out w/o a telescope? Now people are to busy trying to pay bills/housing etc. Life sucks then you die.
You gotta go big if you want a place in history. life on earth is goin dew south.
March 6th, 2010 at 2:25 pm
carl sagan was a …
carl sagan was a great man i’m glad his work lives on
March 6th, 2010 at 2:25 pm
Thanks! – GREAT!!!! …
Thanks! – GREAT!!!!!!!!!!!
March 6th, 2010 at 2:25 pm
btw thanks for …
btw thanks for takin out your time for this vid, really appreciated
March 6th, 2010 at 2:25 pm
lol! must be utd …
lol! must be utd fan!
March 6th, 2010 at 2:25 pm
O sry
wrong …
O sry
wrong video, im rly sry
March 6th, 2010 at 2:25 pm
FUCK U, i guess im …
hope u burn in which u dont beleive in 
U, i guess im also glad that were an ocean apart as well
March 6th, 2010 at 2:25 pm
I love this stuff . …
I love this stuff . Now if I could make use of it in my mundane daily life , that would be awesome .
March 6th, 2010 at 2:25 pm
No, this isn’t an …
No, this isn’t an overstatement, in that Kepler is the first to understand that planets move at variable speeds in elliptical (non-circular) orbits. All the complexity of the older models (epicycles, deferents, equants) was washed away with the mathematical simplicity (and improved accuracy) of his three laws.
March 6th, 2010 at 2:25 pm
Very good video… …
Very good video… is Sagan over stating when he says Kepler is “the first in the human species to understand correctly and quantitatively how the planets move” when Sumerian archeology has produced glyphs of the planets orbiting the sun?
March 6th, 2010 at 2:25 pm
great program thank …
great program thank you.
March 6th, 2010 at 2:25 pm
Legend.
Legend.