Episode 364 Where the heavenly bodies are at 5:05 pm Nov 9, 2020

Celebrating Astronomers Benjamin Banneker, writes the Library of Congress. “...taught himself astronomy by watching the stars and learned advanced mathematics from borrowed textbooks.” https://chrissoentpiet.com/lesson-plan-molly-bannaky/ https://founders.archives.gov/documents/Jefferson/01-22-02-0049 As a gentleman farmer, Banneker had many opportunities to examine the natural world around him. Many of those insights were captured in the Almanac or his other writings. His almanac predicted eclipses and other astronomical events, offered medical information and listed the tides, the Library writes. It “also included commentaries, literature, and fillers that had a political and humanitarian purpose,” writes PBS, such as an excerpt from an anti-slavery poem in the 1793 edition.