BME FTT

Objectives

Introduce students into an essential component of the history of sciences, i.e. the development of Western astronomy and cosmology from antiquity to the early modern era,, as well as to the perspectives and research methods peculiar to this disciplinary field.

Methodology of teaching

Written and oral communication.

Materials supporting learning

• Slides on the Moodle site of the subject.
• Kuhn, T.: The Copernican Revolution. Harward, 1957.
• Dreyer, J.L.E.: A History of Astronomy from Thales to Kepler. Dover, 1953.

The slides and notes, as well as the current dates are always avaialble in moodle: edu.gtk.bme.hu