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The Song of Urania

The Song of Urania

By: Joe Antognini
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A history of astronomy, from antiquity to the present.Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International (CC BY 4.0) Astronomy Astronomy & Space Science Science World
Episodes
  • Episode 1: The Heavens & History

    Episode 1: The Heavens & History
    Jan 29 2021

    How should we approach the history of astronomy? How have the questions that astronomers have asked changed through the ages? We look at some of these questions and sketch out the broad arc of this field from antiquity to the present day.
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    31 mins
  • Episode 2: The Stars over Babylon

    Episode 2: The Stars over Babylon
    Feb 28 2021

    What are the earliest records of constellations? How did the ancient Babylonians keep track of their progress through the year? And how do we know what we know about Babylonia?
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    46 mins
  • Episode 3: When the Moon Disappears

    Episode 3: When the Moon Disappears
    Mar 28 2021

    We look at how the Babylonians associated the heavens with their gods and how Mesopotamian astrology developed after the Assyrian conquest. We hear some examples of astrological omens and see how Babylonians handled the most malevolent of omens, the lunar eclipse.
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    42 mins
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