The physics classes I had in the early 90's spent a little time on the history. Tycho Brahe stands out in my memory.
He has been described as "the first competent mind in modern astronomy to feel ardently the passion for exact empirical facts". Most of his observations were more accurate than the best available observations at the time.
We all stand on the shoulders of giants. The availability of books and then computers and now the internet has made learning nearly any subject possible by anyone around the world. And this information is difficult if not impossible to remove.
In the past, a rare book could be destroyed and all that it contained, lost for all time. But now in this digital age, it would nearly be impossible to destroy modern books in physics, math, astronomy.
This is also a double edge sword. We gain all of the good ideas but we are also stuck with religious texts as well that often impede educational progress.
He has been described as "the first competent mind in modern astronomy to feel ardently the passion for exact empirical facts". Most of his observations were more accurate than the best available observations at the time.
We all stand on the shoulders of giants. The availability of books and then computers and now the internet has made learning nearly any subject possible by anyone around the world. And this information is difficult if not impossible to remove.
In the past, a rare book could be destroyed and all that it contained, lost for all time. But now in this digital age, it would nearly be impossible to destroy modern books in physics, math, astronomy.
This is also a double edge sword. We gain all of the good ideas but we are also stuck with religious texts as well that often impede educational progress.
Insanity - Doing the same thing over and over again, expecting a different result