EPISODE · Apr 2, 2023 · 34 MIN
Wheels within wheels
from The Taurus Report
Babylonians invented one heartbeat = one second. 60 seconds in a minute, 60 minutes in an hour, 24 hours in a day, 360 days in a year. They sought to connect the movements of the heavens with the human heartbeat. In this episode we begin tracing the history of astronomy. Along the way, we cover the epicycles of Ptolemy – the famous “Wheels within wheels …”
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