Episode 17: European astronomy

Join Liz and Bill on a brief tour of the contributions that European scientists and facilities have made over the years.

Questions, comments, or ideas for future episodes? Contact Liz and Bill at
cosmicadventures@astronomy.com

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DAVID SIMCOE from MICHIGAN said:

good episode , its nice to be reminded about the early inventors and scientists. I'm a Newton fan .

Submitted: 9/6/2012 11:27:48 PM (CST)

JAMES DANNER from JAPAN said:

Very well done! Informative and entertaining and I love the fact that you put in the bloopers at the end! Keep up the great work! I would like to add something that Bill mentioned about Newton at the end- I believe that Newton stuck a bobkin (hat pin) in his eye, not a knife. Amazing man, Newton! Even with all the mercury poisoning he apparently suffered from, his genious mind still kept plugging away!

Submitted: 8/3/2012 12:52:39 PM (CST)

STEVE HAMLIN from KANSAS said:

Good episode, but give Clyde his due. It is one of the few things not related to the Wizard of Oz that people know about Kansas.

PS
Toto is dead.

Submitted: 7/17/2012 11:54:28 AM (CST)

FRANCISCO SILVA from NEVADA said:

for me is Galileo Galilei, becose without the invention of the telescope would never have enjoyed the wonders of the cosmos ...

Submitted: 7/15/2012 1:58:49 PM (CST)

BRIAN CANTLE said:

Pluto should still be a planet!!! ;)

Submitted: 7/6/2012 4:30:56 PM (CST)

ANTHONY BARREIRO from CALIFORNIA said:

Great episode. But you dodged American Clyde Tombaugh discovering Pluto, which was the ninth planet in our solar system for 75 years, until our advancing knowledge reclassified it as a dwarf planet.

I hope that the days of international competition a la the space race are behind us. With limited resources and increasingly ambitious goals for research and exploration, all of humanity needs to work together in our study of the cosmos.

Is that Kara on the Canary Islands?

Submitted: 7/6/2012 12:27:31 PM (CST)

BASEM F KANDAH from MICHIGAN said:

Can you do an episode explaining celestial coordinates and galactic coordinates, and how to equate one to the other? thanks,bk.

Submitted: 7/5/2012 11:35:09 PM (CST)

LUIS RUIZ said:

Excelent!,
By I would like to have the hard-copy about you talk to me.

Thanks a lot!

Submitted: 7/5/2012 1:31:56 PM (CST)

ERIC LIPPER from NEW YORK said:

Lippershey?! I'm a Lipper, and that guy looks like he could be a descendant - that's a cool possibility!

Submitted: 7/3/2012 11:08:08 PM (CST)

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