Cosmology and science Let me offer two examples of the confusion of science and cosmology. The Berenstein bears Although I was never a fan of the Berenstein Bears, we did have at least one or two books in the house, and I remember coming across quite an odd little piece. The young bears were going [...]
Posts Tagged ‘Bruno’
Whither cosmology
Posted in History of Science, Philosophy, tagged Bellarmine, Berenstein bears, Bruno, cosmology, Galileo, Sagan on April 11, 2012 | Leave a Comment »
Bruno & Huygens 04
Posted in cosmology, History of Science, tagged Bruno, Huygens, parallax on August 6, 2010 | Leave a Comment »
Bruno and Huygens raised the question whether the Copernican universe had a size — Bruno thought it infinite; Huygens suggested a way to measure the distance to the stars — based on their brightness, assuming they were the same inherent brightness as the sun.
What Is Space?
Posted in cosmology, tagged Bruno, Space on June 17, 2010 | Leave a Comment »
Einstein defined space as the network of all possible paths. This is a very specific, new, helpful idea of space, and we would do well to practice imagining what it means.
Notice the universe!
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