Philosophy 167: Class 1 - Part 5 - Accounts of the Planetary Inequalities: the Babylonians, and Eudoxus.

Smith, George E. (George Edwin), 1938-

2014-09-02

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  • Synopsis: This video introduces the concept of tropical period and synoptic period.

    Opening line: "The first sensible set of predictions on this is by the Babylonians. They discovered that if you looked for a long enough period you would see the patterns I just showed you start repeating."

    Duration: 8:48 minutes.

    Segment: Class 1, Part 5.
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