Very cool. Retrograde motion, Ptolomy, Copernicus…I had forgotten about
all that stuff.
Denny, you may be tickled to know that you have caused a flurry of interest
in astronomy in my household. In the past week we watched the following–
The Elegant Universe
about String Theory, M theory, “the theory of everything”
http://www.pbs.org/wgbh/nova/elegant/program.html
Monster of the Milky Way
Is there a black hole at the center of our galaxy?
http://www.pbs.org/wgbh/nova/blackhole/program.html
Origins
The big bang
http://www.pbs.org/wgbh/nova/origins/program-3114.html
These can all be watched online. The Elegant Universe is 3 hrs long
but the graphics were so amazing (and/or funny) that we watched the
whole thing in one sitting.
Thanks Denny for sparking the interest!
Hmm, the only thing this did for me was remind me of that Jimmy Durante song, Should I Stay Or Should I Go.
djm