Mar 26, 2010 2 min

Reading the sky with the astrolabe

from Mathematical models: from sundials to number engines - for iPad/Mac/PC Hosted by The Open University

How the Greeks invented a two dimensional astrolabe as a conceptual model of the cosmos, and how it was used.

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