If Copernicus Had A Computer.


Point-and-click driven computer simulation might have prolonged the life of the Ptolemaic system.


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

RETURN TO HOME