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If Copernicus Had A Computer. |
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Point-and-click driven computer simulation might have prolonged the life of the Ptolemaic system. |
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| Professor Charles Van Loan |
| SEPTEMBER 6, 2000 |
| 3:35 - 4:25, Upson B-17 |
| PowerPoint Presentation | |
| URL's Related to the Topic: | |
| http://burtleburtle.net/bob/physics/ | Orbit Tutorial |
| http://csep10.phys.utk.edu/astr161/lect/history/kepler.html | Kepler's Laws |
| http://www.astronomynotes.com/history/historya.htm#A2.4 | Ptolemy & Epicycles |
| http://www.cs.cornell.edu/cv/Intuition.htm | Intuition & Computational Science |
| http://www.cse.uiuc.edu/ | Computation & Engineering |