Baylor to Host Astronomy, Mathematics LectureApril 20, 2010
Follow us on Twitter: @BaylorUMediaCom Dr. David Sattinger, an
internationally known mathematician, will present a two-part
lecture on astronomy and mathematics Wednesday, April 21, and
Friday, April 23 in room 344 of the Sid Richardson building on
the Baylor University campus. The titles of each lecture are
"Naked Histronomy: What Did Astronomers Know Before The
Telescope And When Did They Know It?" The events, which are free
and open to the public, will begin with the lecture on
Wednesday, April 21 at 4 p.m. The first part will focus on the
history of modern astronomy, including the discoveries by the
Sumerians, the Babylonians, the Greek astronomers Hipparchus and
Aristarchus. The second part of the lecture will be held Friday,
April 23 at 3:30 p.m. Sattinger will discuss the scientific
contributions of Nicolaus Copernicus's "The Copernican
Hypothesis," Tycho Brahe's observations of the sun and planets,
and Johannes Kepler's three fundamental laws