Philosophy 167: Class 1 - Part 9 - The Ptolemaic Model: the Solar, Planetary, and Lunar Theories.
Smith, George E. (George Edwin), 1938-
2014-09-02
Description
Synopsis: This video continues the discusion about Ptolemy and introduces the bisection of eccentricity.
Opening line: "Now the overall system, this is a schematic, totally non to scale 100% not to scale. To begin with other than the moon Ptolemy had no idea how far any object was away."